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cur·vi·lin·e·ar

 (kûr′və-lĭn′ē-ər) also cur·vi·lin·e·al (-əl)
adj.
Formed, bounded, or characterized by curved lines.

[Latin curvus, curved; see curve + linear.]

cur′vi·lin′e·ar′i·ty (-ē-ăr′ĭ-tē) n.
cur′vi·lin′e·ar·ly adv.
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curvilinear

(ˌkɜːvɪˈlɪnɪə) or

curvilineal

adj
1. (Mathematics) consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
2. (Mathematics) along a curved line: curvilinear motion.
3. (Mathematics) maths (of a set of coordinates) determined by or determining a system of three orthogonal surfaces
ˌcurviˌlineˈarity n
ˌcurviˈlinearly adv
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cur•vi•lin•e•ar

(ˌkɜr vəˈlɪn i ər)

also cur`vi•lin′e•al,



adj.
1. consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
2. formed or characterized by curved lines.
[1700–10; < Latin curv(us) curve + -i- + linear]
cur`vi•lin`e•ar′i•ty (-ˈær ɪ ti) n.
cur`vi•lin′e•ar•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.curvilinear - characterized by or following a curved line; "curvilinear tracery"; "curvilinear motion"
curved, curving - having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
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curvilinear

adjective
Deviating from a straight line:
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Translations
curvilineo

curvilinear

adj (= full of curves) tracery etcmit vielen Rundungen or Kurven; (= curved) motion, coursegewunden; (Geometry) figurekrummlinig begrenzt
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He covers the Lorentz transformations, a bit of philosophy and history, kinematics, dynamics, force and equations of motion, non-inertial frames, covariant formalism, dynamics in covariant notation, curvilinear coordinates, the motions of rods and gyroscopes, quaternions, and velocity space.
At a strong bend in its deformed state, the conveyor belt accepts the form of the cylindrical shell with a variable curvature radius, which can conveniently be described in the space it occupied by the curvilinear coordinates x, R[phi].
Given the symmetry of the magnetic dipole we introduce a suitable type of orthogonal curvilinear coordinates, namely, dipole coordinates denoted by (a, b, [phi]).
We use the body-fitted curvilinear coordinates in which the grid lines are adjacent to the bottom obstacle and also to the free surface.
The key idea is that we can replace the coordinates x, y, and z (or u, v, w in curvilinear coordinates) with a parametric equation for the integration path.
The present paper aims to fill this gap by proposing a general formulation for the equations of motion in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates that is valid for square and rectangular plates, cylindrical shell panels, spherical shell panels, and cylinders.
For steady and unsteady hypersonic flow computation, the Navier-Stokes equations in conservation form at Cartesian coordinates (x, y) are transformed into equations at general curvilinear coordinates ([psi], [phi]) and can be expressed as follows:
Hesthaven, "Multidomain pseudospectral computation of Maxwell's equations in 3-D general curvilinear coordinates," Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol.
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