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单词 curvital
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curvitaladj.

Brit. /ˈkəːvᵻtl/, U.S. /ˈkərvədl/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French curvital.
Etymology: < French †curvital (Gavarni 1865, in Compt. rend. hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 60 1079), apparently < curvité curvity n. + -al -al suffix1.
rare.
1. Mathematics. Designating any of a family of functions proposed by Paul Gavarni in 1865 as a generalization of the circular functions, having as their variables the length of a curve and the length of a circular arc that measures the angle of incidence between the normals at each extremity of that curve. Obsolete.
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1886 G. S. Carr Synopsis Elem. Results Math. II. Index 881/2 Functions:..algebraic, alternating, analytical, circular, circulating, conjugate, continuous, curvital, cyclotomic, derived, discontinuous, elliptic, even and odd, exponential.
2. = curvilinear adj. (in various senses).
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] > curved line
curvilineal1656
curve-lined1657
curvilinear1668
curvilineary1679
curvilineous1684
curvital1892
1892 F. L. Schauermann Theory & Anal. Ornament ii. 56 A surface can be plane, or can be made up of plane, curved and round surfaces, having also concavities and convexities following in order with faces, straight or curved edges, polygonal or curvital.
1942 U.S. Patent 2,274,032 2/1 This is very essential in car body and fender repairs where there are so many curvital and vertical surfaces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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