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reverse curves

reverse curves is the plural of reverse curve.

Meaning of reverse curve

Noun

reverse curve (plural reverse curves)

  1. A curve to the left or right which immediately curves in the opposite direction, and which is basically S-shaped.
    • One driver told him that a fireman who did not know the route might easily go "over the side" between Corby and Harringworth, unless warned beforehand of the reverse curves; he himself, in his firing days, used to try so to plan his firing that it was unnecessary to add any more coal while passing...1945 July and August, “Notes and News: "A Nice Day's Work"”, in Railway Magazine, page 235

Questions about reverse curves

What is reverse curves the plural of?
Reverse curves is the plural of reverse curve.

Words near reverse curves in the dictionary

  1. reverse cowgirl
  2. reverse cowgirl position
  3. reverse cowgirl positions
  4. reverse culture shock
  5. reverse curve
  6. reverse curves
  7. reverse cycler
  8. reverse cyclers
  9. reverse dictionaries
  10. reverse dictionary
  11. reverse discrimination

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