What's the difference between curve and polynomial?

Curve


Definition:

  • (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
  • (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.
  • (a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line.
  • (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
  • (v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As a consequence, similar response curves were obtained for urine specimens containing morphine or barbiturates.
  • (2) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
  • (3) These observations were confirmed by the killing curves in pooled serum obtained at peak and trough levels.
  • (4) However, there was no statistically significant difference in mean areas under the LH and FSH curves in the GnRH-treated groups.
  • (5) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
  • (6) In the cannulated group, significant decreases (P less than 0.05) in the area under the elimination curve (AUC), the volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss) and the mean residence time (MRT) were observed.
  • (7) The reproducibility of the killing-curve method suggests that at least two different concentrations should be used and that a decrease in viable counts below 2 log10 after 24 hours does not exclude a synergistic action.
  • (8) The curve of mitoses peaked at the same time as that of TK activity but was only 68% as extensive.
  • (9) The effect of these drugs was estimated from the cell growth curve and DNA histogram determined by flow cytometry.
  • (10) However, there was not a relationship between the contraction curve of the gallbladder and the bile flow into the duodenum.
  • (11) The total "dose" to the tissue of individual metabolites was determined by the area under the curve (AUC).
  • (12) However, those studies used partial maximal expiratory flow volume (PMEFV) curves to assess lung function.
  • (13) Blood gas variables produced from a computed in vivo oxygen dissociation curve, PaeO2, P95 and C(a-x)O2, were introduced in the University Hospital of Wales in 1986.
  • (14) They were more irregularly curved and consisted of various substances.
  • (15) The duration of action correlated with the elimination half-life of the drug (r = 0.87; P less than 0.003) and area under the plasma concentration curve (r = 0.72; P less than 0.03).
  • (16) The slope of the thermal inactivation curve of enterotoxin A in beef bouillon (initial pH 6.2) was found to be approximately 27.8 C (50 F) with three different concentrations of toxin.
  • (17) A relatively new method of estimating that date and constructing a corresponding Kaplan Meier curve is presented.
  • (18) To know the relation between the signal intensity and sodium concentration, sodium concentration--signal intensity curve was obtained using phantoms with various sodium concentrations (0.05-1.0%).
  • (19) In testing the contribution of the long, curved stem to the torsional stability of uncemented prostheses by comparing it with other stems, the long, curved stem was the most stable, followed by a shorter straight stem, and a short, proximally curved stem.
  • (20) After using the OK method to obtain a distance curve for height, we introduce a new method (VADK) to derive velocity and acceleration curves from the fitted distance curve.

Polynomial


Definition:

  • (n.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.
  • (a.) Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem.
  • (a.) Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The dual-line and polynomial regression techniques fit the data better (mean residual square deviation 0.024 and 0.031, respectively) than the single-regression line approach (0.110).
  • (2) The N2O dose-response data for each animal were fit by a second-order polynomial equation to estimate the value of a second-order coefficient.
  • (3) The calculation is made from a newly derived third-degree polynomial reflecting the ratio of the optic densities of whole nonstabilized blood hemoglobin aqueous solution in the 560-580 and 535-560 nm bands.
  • (4) Relative dose functions for 125I for these phantom media are fitted to second-degree polynomials.
  • (5) For this purpose we employed a third-degree polynomial regression analysis which showed a better fit of the data.
  • (6) Changes in pressures (IAP, CVP) and shunt flow were tabulated and analyzed with linear and polynomial regression.
  • (7) Trend analysis of the fatigue patterns revealed that a cubic orthogonal polynomial equation was sufficient to describe the profile of MVC decrement for all conditions.
  • (8) The superiority of the R3SSE over two related equations--a simple second-degree polynomial equation and a simplified form of the R3SSE which neglects contributions to solubility from the solvent mixture--is also demonstrated for a number of solutes.
  • (9) The polynomial logit-log procedure gave the best fit, but this was probably due to the inherent flexibility of this curve-fitting process since the analytical precision achieved with it was not better than what was obtained with most of the other procedures.
  • (10) A theorem about correspondence of the graph constructed and coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of linearized kinetic equations is proved.
  • (11) A tabulation is given of the polynomials for all possible stereoisomers of many of the knotted and catenated forms that are found in DNA.
  • (12) We present a polynomial algorithm (O(n X L4), where n is the number of sequences) for generating strings related to the LCS and constructed with the sequence alphabet and an indetermination symbol.
  • (13) The LV volume curve was smoothed by fitting a fourth order polynomial curve of Fourier's analysis.
  • (14) This case reduces to Wyman's binding polynomial analysis.
  • (15) Hence, the dose response relationship for the trophic effect of gastrin on the enterochromaffin like cells seems to follow a polynomial rather than a linear function.
  • (16) Polynomial curves were fitted to each race and sex group and, from these, estimates were made of the 3rd, 50th, and 97th percentiles for height and weight.
  • (17) The H-H rate constants, alpha and beta, are approximated by polynomial functions rather than exponential functions, since the former are handled more efficiently by SPICE.
  • (18) A third-order polynomial function would theoretically explain better than a linear relation or a parabolic fit the curved shape of experimentally obtained P-Q relationships.
  • (19) A polynomial regression fits the best the results: the speed of acquisition of this kind of learning decreases between the ages of 3 and 35 days, a plateau being observed in flies older than 35 days.
  • (20) It involves a conceptual dissection of the polypeptide chain into interacting blocks; the behavior of any block with side-chain interactions is treated then with conventional binding polynomial techniques.

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