Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a convex shape that resembles a bell: Describes an object, curve, or distribution whose form is rounded at the top and curves inward symmetrically to a narrower base, similar to the classic shape of a bell.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The flower has a beautiful, bell-shaped corolla.
  • The data points form a classic bell-shaped curve on the graph.
  • The jellyfish had a translucent, bell-shaped body.

Advanced Usage

• "bell-shaped curve": Also known as a normal distribution or Gaussian curve in statistics. It is a symmetrical, bell-shaped graph representing the distribution of many types of data.
  • Test scores often follow a bell-shaped curve.
• "bell-shaped function": In mathematics, a function whose graph takes the form of a bell.
  • The Gaussian function is a common example of a bell-shaped function.

Variants and Related Words

• Bell curve (n): A graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, which is bell-shaped.
  • The professor plotted the results on a bell curve.
• Campanulate (adj): A more technical, often botanical term meaning bell-shaped.
  • The campanulate flowers hung delicately from the stem.

Synonyms

• Campanulate: (Technical, especially in botany) Bell-shaped.
• Convex: Curving outward. (Note: This is a broader term; 'bell-shaped' implies a specific type of convex curve.)

Related Phrases

• Bell-shaped distribution: A statistical distribution where the values are symmetrically distributed around the mean, creating a bell-shaped curve.
  • The height of adult men in a population typically shows a bell-shaped distribution.

Adjective

1. having a convex shape that resembles a bell