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curvilinear

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From curve + -i- + linear, compare curve, linear.

  1. Having bends; curved; curvilineal.

    the curvilinear motion of a thrown stone

  2. Formed by curved lines.

    In early art rectilinear decoration marks an advance on curvilinear, which, in the long ages before pottery was thought of, would naturally be associated with the fibrous baskets that served as vessels.

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