A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
curve fitting — The fitting of experimental data points to a theoretical type curve [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
curve — [kʉrv] adj. [L curvus, bent: see CROWN] Archaic curved n. 1. a line having no straight part; bend having no angular part 2. a thing or part having the shape of a curve 3. the act of curving, or the extent of this 4. [pl.] the pronounced curving… … English World dictionary
Curve-billed Tinamou — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] … Wikipedia
Type II supernova — The expanding remnant of SN 1987A, a Type II P supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud. NASA image. A Type II supernova (plural: supernovae) results from the rapid collapse and violent explosion of a massive star. A star must have at least 9… … Wikipedia
Type Ib and Ic supernovae — [ cite web author=Malesani, D. et al | year=2008 url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008arXiv0805.1188M title=Early spectroscopic identification of SN 2008D publisher=Cornell University accessdate=2008 05 22 ] [cite web author=Soderberg, A.M. et… … Wikipedia
Type Ia supernova — A Type Ia supernova is a sub category of cataclysmic variable stars that results from the violent explosion of a white dwarf star. A white dwarf is the remnant of a star that has completed its normal life cycle and has ceased nuclear fusion.… … Wikipedia
curve — {{11}}curve (n.) 1690s, curved line, from CURVE (Cf. curve) (v.). With reference to the female figure (usually plural, curves), from 1862; as a type of baseball pitch, from 1879. {{12}}curve (v.) early 15c. (implied in curved), from L. curvus… … Etymology dictionary
Type I and type II errors — In statistics, the terms Type I error (also, α error, or false positive) and type II error (β error, or a false negative) are used to describe possible errors made in a statistical decision process. In 1928, Jerzy Neyman (1894 1981) and Egon… … Wikipedia
Type 010 class minesweeper — The Type 010 class minesweeper is the Chinese version of the Soviet T 43 class oceangoing minesweeper. The origin of this class rooted from the need to solve the typical problem of minesweepers: due to the special need of the mine countermeasure… … Wikipedia
curve ball — /kɜv ˈbɔl/ (say kerv bawl) –noun 1. Baseball a type of pitch in which spin is imparted to the ball causing it to follow a curving trajectory which drops as the ball approaches the plate. –phrase 2. throw someone a curve ball, Colloquial to… …
