curve

Also called: circular curve

A boundary leg that follows a circular arc instead of a straight line.

A boundary leg that bends along part of a circle — typical on a cul-de-sac, a road frontage, or a river-adjacent line. A curve needs more than a direction and a distance: it is defined by some combination of radius, arc length, chord, and delta angle, plus which way it turns.

Where you'll see it

Surveying Basics

How to Read a Metes and Bounds Description

Deeds are written in their own language. Here is how to walk one line by line — and what the closure math is actually telling you at the end.

Related terms in Curves

arc length chord concave delta angle radius tangent

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