trend

Definitions

• An inclination in a particular direction.
• A tendency.
• A fad or fashion style.
• (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
• (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
• (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.