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Webster 1913 Edition

Curvilinear

{

Curˊvi-lin′e-al

(-al)

,

Curˊvi-lin′e-ar

(-?r)

, }

Adj.

[L.

curvus

bent + E.

lineal

,

linear

.]

Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines;

as, a

curvilinear

figure

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Curvilinear

CURVILINEAR

, CURVILINEAL,

Adj.

[L., bent and a line.] Having a curve line; consisting of curve lines; bounded by curve lines; as a curvilinear figure.