Meanings
adjectivecurvilinear (not comparable)
- not comparableartFormed 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.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 52
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized by or following a curved line
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Translations
Catalan curvilini
- curvilinihaving bends
Chinese Cantonese 彎曲嘅 /弯曲嘅
- 彎曲嘅 /弯曲嘅 (waam¹ kuk¹ ge³)having bends
Esperanto kurbe-linia, kurbe-linia
- kurbe-liniahaving bends
- kurbe-liniaformed by curved lines
German gekrümmt, kurvenartig
- gekrümmthaving bends
- kurvenartighaving bends
- krummlinighaving bends
- kurvenförmighaving bends
- kurvilinearhaving bends
Spanish curvilíneo
- curvilíneohaving bends
Swedish kroklinjig
- kroklinjighaving bends
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APA
curvilinear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvilinear
MLA
“curvilinear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvilinear. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curvilinear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvilinear.
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