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Curvilinear

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Formed, bounded, or characterized by curved lines.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having bends; curved; curvilineal.

adj. Formed by curved lines.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having a curved line; consisting of or bounded by curved lines: as, a curvilinear figure.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. characterized by or following a curved line

Word Usage

"A more advanced form of EUS, called curvilinear EUS, allows doctors to operate within the lumen of the gut while at the same time detect, biopsy and treat lesions and tumors that lie outside the intestinal wall."

Equivalent

curving curved

Cross Reference

curvilinear coördinates curvilinear angle

Form

curvilinearity curvilinearly

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

curve

Same Context

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