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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
  • A curved stroke or shape.
  • agriculture Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
  • A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
  • proper noun The vector operator, denoted m{curl}; or ec{ abla} imes ec{left(cdot ight)}, that generates this field.
  • calculus The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
  • curling Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
  • weightlifting Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.

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Verb:

  • curling To take part in the sport of curling
  • intransitive To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
  • intransitive To move in curves.
  • transitive To cause to move in a curve.
  • transitive To make into a curl or spiral.
  • weightlifting To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.

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