A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensionalspace to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomialrelation of the planar coordinates.
“In some species of Artabotrys, indeed, fasciation and curvation of the inflorescence are common.”
“He prefers curvation, which sounds more formal and befitting of that golden chalice.”
“The next Sunday he soared into song in the midst of the silence, a joyful and eerie curvation of vowels that astounded the congregation with its beauty.”