curved shape

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curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changescurvebell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape, normal curve - a symmetrical curve representing the normal distributionmeander - a bend or curve, as in a stream or riverline - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving pointclosed curve - a curve (such as a circle) having no endpointsS-shape - a double curve resembling the letter Scatenary - the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed pointsCupid's bow - the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bowundulation, wave - an undulating curveextrados - the exterior curve of an archgooseneck - something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)intrados - the interior curve of an archbend, turn, crook, twist - a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"crotchet, hook - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hookenvelope - a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curvesarc - a continuous portion of a circlecrenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop - one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)spiral - a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the centerhelix, spiral - a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angleperversion - a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"sinuosity, sinuousness - having curves; "he hated the sinuosity of mountain roads"arch - a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an openingbell shape, campana, bell - the shape of a bellarc, bow - something curved in shapecrescent - any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quartersquadric, quadric surface - a curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degreeline roulette, roulette - a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure