The cardinal signs are associated with starting things, initiating things or being enterprising. They are forceful and aggressive and have the will to accomplish something, often something new. They project into the world.
Definition of 'Phillips Curve'. Definition: The inverse relationship between unemployment rate and inflation when graphically charted is called the Phillips curve. William Phillips pioneered the concept first in his paper The Relation between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom, 1861-1957,' in 1958.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  curve, curved shape(noun) the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. 2  curve(noun) a line on a graph representing data. 3  curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender(noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.