ānau

1. (verb) to curve, be crooked.

Tuhia tō rārangi ki te ruri kia kore ai e ānau (PK 2008:19). / Draw your line with a ruler so that it won't be crooked.

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2. (modifier) restless, bewildered.

I te kaha o tana pōuri ka noho ānau te rangatira nei (TTR 1990:109). / Because of his depression, this chief became restless.

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Synonyms: kairangi, ikimoke, karore, kaparangi, irirangi, kārangirangi, tāhurihuri, hikimoke, kārangi, tītengi, kōkeko

3. (modifier) curved, crooked.

4. (noun) curve, curved line.

Kia kōhiti te marama, he ānau tōna hanga (PK 2008:19). / When the new moon rises its shape is a curve.

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5. (noun) simple curve (maths).

Karekau tētahi wāhanga o te rārangi ānau e torotika, kotahi hoki te piko o te ānau. Ko ētahi ānau e huaki ana, ko ētahi e kati ana (TRP 2010:101). / No part of a simple curve is straight, there is only one curve in the line which can be open or closed (TRP 2010:101).

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ānau māori

1. (noun) normal curve (maths).

Ka kīia he ānau māori te rārangi e whakaatu ana i te tuari māori (arā, he hangarite te āhua o te rārangi) (TRP 2010:296). / A line showing normal distribution is called a normal curve (that is the shape of the line is symmetrical).

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