curvilinear

curvilinear
curvilinearity /kerr'veuh lin'ee ar"i tee/, n.curvilinearly, adv.
/kerr'veuh lin"ee euhr/, adj.
1. consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
2. forming or moving in a curved line.
3. formed or characterized by curved lines.
Also, curvilineal.
[1700-10; < L curv(us) CURVE + -I- + LINEAR]

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