Curves [noun]

At the foot of the hills the road follows the valleys with gentle curves and easy grades.

Though comparatively level and with splendid surface, it abounds in sharp curves and in many places runs along high embankments.

Up and up went the trail, twisting back and forth in long horseshoe curves.

The silver river flowed in graceful curves between willows, until it vanished from the sight.

His white tail curves beautifully like the plumes on the hats of the circus ladies.

Then with superb curves the lovely gulls swept round, and remained delicately poised over the stern.

The distal one third of the baculum curves sharply but smoothly upwards (see fig. 9).

As the Silence walked on, I could see the grass waving in zig-zag curves across the river.

Fig. 51 shows maximum bending moment curves for an extreme case of a short bridge with very unequal loads.

The three lightly dotted parabolas are the curves of maximum moment for each of the loads taken separately.