characteristic curve

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characteristic
adjective
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
typical of a person ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk
/kɜːv/
us
/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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A receiver operatingcharacteristiccurvewas constructed using these weighted data.
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So the frame is an envelope of characteristic curves or acharacteristiccurveitself.
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The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operatingcharacteristiccurve.
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For this frame geometry, the frame itself is acharacteristiccurve.
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Also, the frame edges are characteristic curves themselves, and at any point on an edge, the secondcharacteristiccurveis orthogonal to the edge.
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This illustrates thecharacteristiccurveof mortgage balance vs time over a given loan timespan.
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This method is used to approximate the diodecharacteristiccurveas a series of linear segments.
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The main effect was to change the shape of the toe of thecharacteristiccurve.
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It is usually drawn on a graph of the current vs the voltage in the nonlinear device, called the device'scharacteristiccurve.
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A further advantage of this technology is that a pressure-stable, linear pumpcharacteristiccurveis obtained.
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These assumptions are expressed in mathematical form, and the existence of a set of characteristic curves (associated with the group velocity) is deduced from them.
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It is now easily seen how the characteristic curves can be constructed.
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Figures 2 and 3 show illustrative receiver operator characteristic curves generated for the same data set for two of the above outcomes.
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Similarly, the light transmitted by the negative exposed a photographic paper and interacts with thecharacteristiccurveof the paper to give an overall tone reproduction curve.
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However, the characteristic curves for different distances between the electrodes are not superimposed.
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A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases.
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In general one must solve (3.8) using its characteristic curves and appropriate initial data on them.
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The characteristic curves of equatiolz (3.8) all pass through the disturbance.
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