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curved, ppl. a.|kɜːvd, -ɪd|
[f. curve v.]
a. Bent or formed into a curve; bending; deviating from the straight (or plane) form continuously, i.e. without angles. (It has partly taken the place of curve a.)
1710J. Clarke Rohault's Nat. Phil. (1729) I. 83 The Motion will be made in a Line differently curved. 1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 111 The claws are curved and short. 1818Shelley Lines Euganean Hills, From the curved horizon's bound. 1869Tyndall Notes on Light §79 Reflexion from Curved Surfaces.
b. curved fire, gun-fire with an angle of elevation or departure exceeding that of direct fire.
The angle is variously specified: see quots.
1879[see indirect a.]. 1883G. Mackinlay Text Bk. Gunnery 162 Indirect or curved fire. Fire from guns, with reduced charges, and from howitzers and mortars, at all angles of elevation not exceeding 15°. 1897Text Bk. Gunnery (War Office) (ed. 3) ii. iv. 249 When the curvature of the trajectory becomes considerable, as in High Angle and Curved Fire. 1907O. M. Lissak Ordn. & Gunnery 358 Direct Fire is with high velocities, and angles of elevation not exceeding 20 degrees. Curved Fire is with low velocities, and angles of elevation not exceeding 30 degrees. 1917W. H. Tschappat Ordn. & Gunnery 426 For convenience of discussion curved fire will be considered as firings with elevations between 15° and 40° and high-angle fire as firings with elevations above 40°. 1920D. A. Macalister Field Gunnery (ed. 4) i. 19 Curved Fire.—Where the angle of elevation is not above 30°.
c. In Baseball (see curve v. 3).
1905Chicago Daily News 17 July 4/1 His curved ball was breaking much better for him too.
Hence ˈcurvedly adv., in a curved manner; ˈcurvedness, state of being curved. (rare.)
1676Wiseman Surg. vii. i. (R.), A curvedness, which may be reduced to a fracture. 1805J. Luccock Nat. Wool 152 That the wool..possess..such a degree of curvedness. 1880Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. No. 82. 109 Lines..curvedly radiating. |