Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of incurving or bending.
- noun The state of being incurved or bent; curvature, as of the spine; crookedness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of bending, or curving.
- noun The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
- noun The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; a curving or bending; any instance of this.
- noun obsolete Bowing in reverence or worship.
- noun The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
- noun A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the action of creating a curved shape
- noun a shape that curves or bends inward
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Examples
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Among the older writers who describe incurvation or torsion of the penis are
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Among the older writers who describe incurvation or torsion of the penis are Arantius, 6.435 the Ephemerides, Haenel, * [401] Petit, 6.436 Schurig, Tulpius, 6.437 and Zacchias.
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Our mutual malice and animosities which have caused this incurvation.
Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers. 1608-1661 1863
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With the second leaf there was a trace of incurvation in
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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We have seen that insects washed down by the rain from all parts of the leaf often lodge within the margins, which are thus excited to curl farther inwards; and we may suspect that this action, many times repeated during the life of the plant, leads to their permanent and well-marked incurvation.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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No distinct difference was perceptible; certainly none in the degree of incurvation; but the incurvation round the bits of sponge lasted rather longer, as might perhaps have been expected from the sponge remaining damp and supplying nitrogenous matter for a longer time.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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Another fly was now put on the same spot to see whether this leaf, on which the first fly had been left 24 hrs., would move again; after 10 hrs. there was a trace of incurvation, but this did not increase during the next 24 hrs.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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The incurvation thus caused lasted for an unusually short time.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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The incurvation increased slightly during the next 4 1/2 hrs., but remained nearly the same for the next 17 hrs.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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This incurvation serves, as already shown, to prevent insects from being washed away by the rain; but it likewise serves for another end.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
travismcdermott commented on the word incurvation
1608 HIERON Defence III. 156 All incurvation and bowing of the body unto Images.
July 28, 2008
duckbill commented on the word incurvation
"showing ... the bloom along the incurvation of her spine"
March 1, 2011