Look up: Curl

1. Curl
   NavalThe curl in the upper stripe of gold lace worn on an officer's sleeve. Introduced in 1864 for executive officers only, it was extended to Engineers, Paymasters, Doctors in 1918.
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2. curl
   [v] - twist or roll into coils or ringlets 2. [v] - play the Scottish game of curling 3. [v] - form a curl, curve, or kink
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3. Curl
   The waviness of a sheet of paper generally seen along its edges. Curling is generally the result of physical stresses or changes in humidity, and may occur at the paper mill, in the pressroom, on press, or after binding. Paper tends to curl along, rather than across, the grain of the paper. Recycled...
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4. curl
   change in shape over the whole surface of a sheet of paper or board such that the sheet strives to roll itself into a cylindrical form Category: Various industries and crafts • the vector quantity equal to the limit of the integral over a closed surface of the vector product of the surfa...
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5. curl
   Decorative feather-like figure on some woods achieved by cutting the wood at a certain angle and valued for veneers.
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6. CURL
   The compartment for uncoupling of receptors and ligands: internalised receptor-ligand complexes are stripped of the ligand and recycled.
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7. Curl
   Curl (kûrl) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Curled (kûrld); present participle & verbal noun Curling .] [ Akin to Dutch krullen , Danish krölle , dial. Swedi...
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8. Curl
   Curl intransitive verb 1. To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground. « Thou seest it [ ha...
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9. Curl
   Curl (kûrl) noun [ Akin to Dutch krul , Danish krölle . See Curl , v. ] 1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. « Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curl...
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10. Curl
    Robert Curl noun American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
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11. curl
    curve verb form a curl, curve, or kink; `the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling`
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12. curl
    verb play the Scottish game of curling
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13. curl
    verb twist or roll into coils or ringlets; `curl my hair, please`
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14. curl
    verb shape one`s body into a curl; `She curled farther down under the covers`; `She fell and drew in`
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15. Curl
    • (n.) To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair. • (v.) An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity. • (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form. • (v. i.) To contract or bend into c...
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16. curl
    (from the article `mathematics`) ...up vector analysis and were able to extend vector methods to the calculus. They introduced in this way measures of how a vector field varies ... [3 related articles]
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17. CURL
    Sheet distortion leading to a tendency to roll up.
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18. CURL
    Type: Abbreviation Pronunciation: kŭrl Definitions: 1. Acronym for compartment of uncoupling of receptor and ligand.
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19. curl
    Decorative feather-like figure on some woods achieved by cutting the wood at a certain angle and valued for veneers.
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20. Curl
    (mathematics) In vector calculus, the `curl` (or `rotor`) is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal rotation of a 3-dimensional vector field. At every point in the field, the curl is represented by a vector. The attributes of this vector (length and direction) characterize the rot...
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21. Curl
    (programming language) `Curl` is a reflective object-oriented programming language for interactive web applications which goal is to provide a smoother transition between formatting and programming. It makes it possible to embed complex objects in simple documents without needing to switch be...
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22. CURL
    `cURL` is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols. The cURL project produces two products, `libcurl` and `cURL`. It was first released in 1997. libcurl : A free client-side URL transfer library, supporting FTP, FTPS, Gopher ...
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23. Curl
    (route) A `Curl route`, also called a button hook, is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver appears to be running a Fly pattern but after a set amount of steps or yards will quickly stop and turn around, looking for a pass. This generally works best when the def...
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24. Curl
    (football) `Curl`, also known as `Trivela`, in football (soccer), is spin on the ball which will make it swerve, or bend, when kicked. This is imparted largely through almost slicing across the ball, and utilisation of either the inside or outside foot depending on which direction the ball sh...
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