closed curve

/kloʊzd kərv/
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Other forms: closed curves

Definitions of closed curve
  1. noun
    a curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints
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    types:
    Jordan curve, simple closed curve
    a closed curve that does not intersect itself
    loop
    anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
    type of:
    curve, curved shape
    the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
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