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subcurve

subcurve noun: a curve forming part of another curve.

Noun

subcurve (plural subcurves)

  1. A curve forming part of another curve.
    • We show that an analytic curve is either exponential or splits into countably many analytic immersive curves; each of them decomposing naturally into symmetry free subcurves mutually and uniquely related by the group action.2016, Maximilian Hanusch, “Symmetries of Analytic Curves”, in arXiv

Forms of subcurve

pluralsubcurves

Origin of subcurve

From sub- + curve.

Questions about subcurve

What does subcurve mean?
Subcurve means a curve forming part of another curve.
What part of speech is subcurve?
Subcurve is a noun.
What is the plural of subcurve?
The plural of subcurve is subcurves.

Words near subcurve in the dictionary

  1. subcuratorships
  2. subcurrent
  3. subcurrents
  4. subcurricula
  5. subcurriculum
  6. subcurve
  7. subcurves
  8. subcuspidal
  9. subcutaneal
  10. subcutaneous
  11. subcutaneously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subcurve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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