reverse curve
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A curve to the left or right which immediately curves in the opposite direction, and which is basically S-shaped.
Example Sentences
- "One driver told him that a fireman who did not know the route might easily go "over the side" between Corby and Harringworth, unless warned beforehand of the reverse curves; he himself, in his firing days, used to try so to plan his firing that it was unnecessary to add any more coal while passing over this stretch at speed."
- "Chambers's Technical Dictionary defines a reverse curve as "a curve composed of two arcs, of the same or different radii, with their centres on opposite sides of the curve." In other words, a reverse curve is an "S" curve."
- "Some slight alterations in alignment were necessary to provide the pier line and the station is approached by severe reverse curves in both directions."