Definition of CURVILINEAR. Meaning of CURVILINEAR. Synonyms of CURVILINEAR

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Definition of CURVILINEAR

Curvilinear
Curvilineal Cur`vi*lin"e*al (-al), Curvilinear Cur`vi*lin"e*ar (-?r), a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear.] Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

Meaning of CURVILINEAR from wikipedia

- In geometry, curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system for Euclidean space in which the coordinate lines may be curved. These coordinates may be...
- Curvilinear perspective, also five-point perspective, is a graphical projection used to draw 3D objects on 2D surfaces, for which (straight) lines on...
- moving in a curved path is called curvilinear motion. Example: A stone thrown into the air at an angle. Curvilinear motion describes the motion of a moving...
- three sides that are straight relative to the surface (geodesics). A curvilinear triangle is a shape with three curved sides, for instance, a circular...
- Cartesian grid 3-D rectilinear grid 2-D curvilinear grid Non-curvilinear combination of different 2-D curvilinear grids 2-D triangular grid. Cartesian coordinate...
- In statistics, nonlinear regression is a form of regression analysis in which observational data are modeled by a function which is a nonlinear combination...
- This is a list of some vector calculus formulae for working with common curvilinear coordinate systems. This article uses the standard notation ISO 80000-2...
- Arc length is the distance between two points along a section of a curve. Development of a formulation of arc length suitable for applications to mathematics...
- evaluated along a curve. The terms path integral, curve integral, and curvilinear integral are also used; contour integral is used as well, although that...
- Curvilinear coordinates can be formulated in tensor calculus, with important applications in physics and engineering, particularly for describing transportation...