developmental curve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdevelopmentalandcurve
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcurve.
developmental
adjective
uk/dɪˌvel.əpˈmen.təl/us/dɪˌvel.əpˈmen.t̬əl/
connected with the development of someone ...
See more atdevelopmental
curve
noun[C]
uk/kɜːv/us/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
See more atcurve
(Definition ofdevelopmentalandcurvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdevelopmental curve
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Similarly, severity of lifetime use may actually represent the area under thedevelopmentalcurve.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To reiterate, there is no gradual,developmentalcurvein the effectiveness of relativized minimality, given the complete absence of examples like (8) or (9).
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is in this sense that the acceleration in thedevelopmentalcurvesupports a vocabulary spurt in the second year of life.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A logistic function appeared to describe thedevelopmentalcurvebest.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Third, more specifically, we have to ask what kind ofdevelopmentalcurvedo and may fillers present.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For this to be a noise sequence, we have to acknowledge that rupture, disturbance and refusal are what link those moments, rather than there being a smoothdevelopmentalcurve.
From theCambridge English Corpus
None of their developmental curves are pictured here, because there is nothing to see, except a virtually zero-rate flat line over the months.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Figure 4 presents the developmental curves characterizing the two production clusters, along with the raw trajectories of the cluster members.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, when we study the developmental curves of the individual students a different picture emerges.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Developmental curves are parallel, as the figure shows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Figure 1 presents the growth curves of 6 of the children, with a linear and a power-law trendline fitted to their cumulative developmental curves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, there is no apparent reason why developmental curves across declaratives and questions in our conditions should be parallel, if the same deficits do not underlie both.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofdevelopmental
Go to the definition ofcurve
See other collocations withcurve