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Webster 1913 Edition


Resupination

Re-suˊpi-na′tion

,
Noun.
The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.
Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a
resupination
of the figure.
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Resupination

RESUPINA'TION

,
Noun.
[supra.] The state of lying on the back; the state of being resupinate or reversed, as a corol.

Definition 2024


resupination

resupination

English

Noun

resupination (uncountable)

  1. The state of lying on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.
    • Sir H. Wotton
      Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure.