"S-curve" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the shape, which resembles a vertically compressed letter S.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "S-curves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "S-curve (plural S-curves)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "J-curve"
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      "glosses": [
        "Logistic growth, or a graph detailing it."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Logistic growth",
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "logistic curve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Curves",
          "orig": "en:Curves",
          "parents": [
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            "Mathematics",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016 March 15, Justin Breen, “Remember The Old Lake Shore Drive 'S' Curve? It's Been Gone For 30 Years”, in DNAinfo, archived from the original on 2023-07-29:",
          "text": "The current S-curve includes much gentler bends starting around Randolph Street and ending just before Monroe Street.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 17, Curtis Segarra, “NMDOT hosting public meeting on ‘S-curve’ portion of Albuquerque I-25”, in KRQE:",
          "text": "The so-called “S-curve” on I-25 is a notoriously dangerous stretch of freeway just south of the Big-I.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reverse curve"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Reverse curve",
          "reverse curve#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "S-curve"
}

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    "en:Curves"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the shape, which resembles a vertically compressed letter S.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "S-curves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "S-curve (plural S-curves)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "J-curve"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Logistic growth, or a graph detailing it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Logistic growth",
          "logistic growth#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "logistic curve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016 March 15, Justin Breen, “Remember The Old Lake Shore Drive 'S' Curve? It's Been Gone For 30 Years”, in DNAinfo, archived from the original on 2023-07-29:",
          "text": "The current S-curve includes much gentler bends starting around Randolph Street and ending just before Monroe Street.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 17, Curtis Segarra, “NMDOT hosting public meeting on ‘S-curve’ portion of Albuquerque I-25”, in KRQE:",
          "text": "The so-called “S-curve” on I-25 is a notoriously dangerous stretch of freeway just south of the Big-I.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reverse curve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Reverse curve",
          "reverse curve#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "S-curve"
}

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