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==English==
[[File:Logistic-curve.svg|thumb|<math>f(x)=\frac{{1}}{{1 + e^{-x}}}=\frac{{e^x}}{{1 + e^x}}</math>]]

===Etymology===
From the shape, which resembles a vertically compressed letter S.

===Noun===
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# {{cap|logistic growth}}, or a graph detailing it.
#: {{syn|en|logistic curve}}
# {{cap|reverse curve}}
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=2016 March 15|author=Justin Breen|title=Remember The Old Lake Shore Drive 'S' Curve? It's Been Gone For 30 Years|journal=DNAinfo|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160315/downtown/remember-old-lake-shore-drive-s-curve-its-been-gone-for-30-years/|text=The current '''S-curve''' includes much gentler bends starting around Randolph Street and ending just before Monroe Street.|accessdate=4 May 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729075012/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160315/downtown/remember-old-lake-shore-drive-s-curve-its-been-gone-for-30-years/|archivedate=29 July 2023}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2024 April 17|author=Curtis Segarra|title=NMDOT hosting public meeting on ‘S-curve’ portion of Albuquerque I-25|journal=KRQE|url=https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/nmdot-hosting-public-meeting-on-s-curve-portion-of-albuquerque-i-25/|text=The so-called “'''S-curve'''” on {{w|Interstate 25 in New Mexico|I-25}} is a notoriously dangerous stretch of freeway just south of the {{w|Big I|Big-I}}.}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|J-curve}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cersuv|cruves|curves}}

{{C|en|Curves}}
{{cln|en|terms derived from the shape of letters}}