subcurve

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English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ curve.

Noun

subcurve (plural subcurves)

  1. A curve forming part of another curve.
    • 2016, Maximilian Hanusch, “Symmetries of Analytic Curves”, in arXiv:
      We show that an analytic curve is either exponential or splits into countably many analytic immersive curves; each of them decomposing naturally into symmetry free subcurves mutually and uniquely related by the group action.