compound curve

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compound curve [′käm‚pau̇nd ′kərv]

(mathematics)

A curve made up of two arcs of differing radii whose centers are on the same side, connected by a common tangent; used to lay out railroad curves because curvature goes from nothing to a maximum gradually, and vice versa.

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