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cycle shape
  شکل ِ چرخه   
šekl-e carxe

Fr.: forme de cycle   

A graph displaying the average → sunspot number over each → sunspot cycle. It presents a shape of skewed → Gaussian: the rise to maximum is faster than the decline to minimum.

cycle; → shape.

shape
  شکل، دیسه   
šekl (#), dise (#)

Fr.: forme   

The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline.

M.E., from O.E. sceapen, gescapen, p.p. of scieppan; cognate with O.H.G. skepfen "to shape."

Šekl, → figure; dise, → form.