"learning curve" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-learning curve.oga [US] Forms: learning curves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} learning curve (plural learning curves)
  1. A visualization of the progress of learning as function of experience. Translations (visualization of learning as a function of experience): oppimiskäyrä (Finnish), courbe d’apprentissage [feminine] (French), Lernkurve [feminine] (German), læringskurve [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), læringskurve [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), linha de aprendizado [feminine] (Portuguese), curva de aprendizagem [feminine] (Portuguese), curva de aprendizado [feminine] (Portuguese), curva de aprendizaje [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-learning_curve-en-noun-RiRtQNAq Disambiguation of 'visualization of learning as a function of experience': 92 8
  2. (by extension) A measure of how much there is to learn in a restricted amount of time Tags: broadly Translations (measure of how much there is to learn in a restricted amount of time): oppimistehtävä (Finnish), Lernkurve [feminine] (German), curva de aprendizagem [feminine] (Portuguese), curva de aprendizado [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-learning_curve-en-noun-xEH~GysK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'measure of how much there is to learn in a restricted amount of time': 1 99

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