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In each bay of the Triforium there are three arches with curvilinear tracery.
BELL'S CATHEDRALS: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CARLISLEC. KING ELEY
There are the degrees of direction of line, curvilinear or angular.
LINE AND FORM (1900)WALTER CRANE
The same principle is true of designs upon the curvilinear plan.
LINE AND FORM (1900)WALTER CRANE
The rifflers of sculptors and a few other files are curvilinear in their central line.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 10, SLICE 3VARIOUS
A wing added in the seventeenth century, with quaint curvilinear gable, projects into the garden behind.
BELL'S CATHEDRALS: THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF RIPONCECIL WALTER CHARLES HALLETT
The curvilinear groove h h, sunk in each face or side of the carriage, has the depth shown in the section at h.
A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND MINESANDREW URE
It affords an example, on a magnificent scale, of the curvilinear motion, which you taught us in mechanics.
CONVERSATIONS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, IN WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINEDJANE HALDIMAND MARCET AND THOMAS P. JONES
These experiments led to the study of the curvilinear motions of a weight suspended by a cord; in other words, of the pendulum.
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, VOLUME 2(OF 5)HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS
As they are curvilinear forms, their design is similar in many ways to clay forms of similar proportions and uses.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS DESIGNWILLIAM H. VARNUM
Such variables as u, v are then described as “curvilinear coordinates” of the point.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 14, SLICE 5VARIOUS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO CURVILINEAR

  • annular
  • arced
  • arched
  • arciform
  • bent
  • bowed
  • bulbous
  • circular
  • coiled
  • curled
  • curved
  • curvilinear
  • cylindrical
  • discoid
  • disk-shaped
  • domical
  • egg-shaped
  • elliptical
  • globose
  • globular
  • looped
  • orbed
  • orbicular
  • orbiculate
  • oval
  • ringed
  • rotund
  • rounded
  • spherical
  • spheroid
  • spiral
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