Curve vs Sagitta - What's the difference?
curve | sagitta |
(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
(informal, usually in plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
To bend; to crook.
To cause to swerve from a straight course.
To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
The keystone of an arch.
(geometry) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
(anatomy) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
(Webster 1913)
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In geometry terms the difference between curve and sagitta
is that curve is a one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space while sagitta is the distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.As nouns the difference between curve and sagitta
is that curve is a gentle bend, such as in a road while sagitta is the keystone of an arch.As an adjective curve
is bent without angles; crooked; curved.As a verb curve
is to bend; to crook.As a proper noun Sagitta is
a small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.curve
English
Adjective
- a curve line
- a curve surface
Noun
(wikipedia curve) (en noun)- You should slow down when approaching a curve .
- She scribbled a curve on the paper.
- The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve
Derived terms
* algebraic curve * * closed curve * cosine curve * curvaceous * curvy * dragon curve * elliptic curve * learning curve * Lissajous curve * Jordan curve * multicurve * nonsimple curve * open curve * pedal curve * plane curve * pursuit curve * simple curve * sine curve * space curve * spherical curveVerb
(curv)- to curve a line
- to curve a pipe
- to curve a ball in pitching it
- the road curves to the right
- The teacher will curve the test.