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Omega Curve: This has nothing to do with woodworking, but I use it a lot to describe the curves that frequently occur on the inside of the bowl rims --- because of the way the wood is glued up and then the way it is cut on the lathe, the result is a curve that looks exactly like the Greek letter omega. Here are a few examples:


some nice looking omega curves


nested omega curves --- that is, one inside the other