† curvilinearyadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: curvi- comb. form, lineary adj.

Etymology: < curvi- comb. form + lineary adj., perhaps after post-classical Latin curvilineus curvilineous adj. Compare earlier curvilineal adj., curvilinear adj. Compare also slightly later curvilineous adj. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

Obsolete. rare.

= curvilinear adj. and n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] > curved line

curvilineal1656

curve-lined1657

curvilinear1668

curvilineary1679

curvilineous1684

curvital1892

1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 39 Curved, or Curvilineary, Crooked, or a Body Hollowed; whence Figures consisting of Triangles, Quadrangles, &c. when they are considered as, or referred to Circles in the Heaven, are called Curvilineary, because they all consist of Arches of Circles.

1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 45 The more the flying marksman inclines his body forwards..when he presents his gun, the more pliant and versatile he will be to the flexions of a swerving bird, and the more capable of traversing his gun with the celerity of one flying in a regular transverse or curvilineary direction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	curvilineary
释义	† curvilinearyadj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: curvi- comb. form, lineary adj. Etymology: < curvi- comb. form + lineary adj., perhaps after post-classical Latin curvilineus curvilineous adj. Compare earlier curvilineal adj., curvilinear adj. Compare also slightly later curvilineous adj. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. Obsolete. rare. = curvilinear adj. and n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] > curved line curvilineal1656 curve-lined1657 curvilinear1668 curvilineary1679 curvilineous1684 curvital1892 1679 J. Moxon Math. made Easie 39 Curved, or Curvilineary, Crooked, or a Body Hollowed; whence Figures consisting of Triangles, Quadrangles, &c. when they are considered as, or referred to Circles in the Heaven, are called Curvilineary, because they all consist of Arches of Circles. 1782 Mr. Lemon Diss. Errors Marksmen & Gunmakers 45 The more the flying marksman inclines his body forwards..when he presents his gun, the more pliant and versatile he will be to the flexions of a swerving bird, and the more capable of traversing his gun with the celerity of one flying in a regular transverse or curvilineary direction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1679
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