curvilinear
Collocations
3VERB + CURVILINEAR
advance
CURVILINEAR + NOUN
beauty, motion
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
adj
Having bends; curved; curvilineal.
the curvilinear motion of a thrown stone
Formed by curved lines.
In early art rectilinear decoration marks an advance on curvilinear, which, in the long ages before pottery was thought of, would naturally be associated with the fibrous baskets that served as vessels.
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Synonyms
adjective — characterized by or following a curved line
- curvilineal
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3the curvilinear motion of a thrown stone
WiktionaryIn early art rectilinear decoration marks an advance on curvilinear, which, in the long ages before pottery was thought of, would naturally be associated with the fibrous baskets that served as vessel
WiktionaryThe curvilinear roof gives beauty to the design as well as affording more head room inside than the ordinary straight rafter.
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