Compound Curve : A curve consisting of two or more arcs of different radii curving in the same direction and having a common tangent point or being joined by a transition curve
Peter Milne and Kieran Sharp, ARRB Group, and Bob Ungers, consultant, Austroads Glossary of Terms (4th Ed.), Austroads Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. http://www.bicyclensw.org.au/files/u1/Austroads_Gl ossary_of_Terms_4th_edition.pdf (Road Trfc and Transp Sfty - Brit) {529}