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Webster 1913 Edition
Incurvation
Inˊcur-va′tion
,Noun.
[L.
incurvatio
: cf. F. incurvation
.] 1.
The act of bending, or curving.
2.
The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
An
incurvation
of the rays. Derham.
3.
The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.
“The incurvations of the knee.” Bp. Hall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incurvation
INCURVA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The state of being bent, or turned from a rectilinear course; curvity; crookedness.2.
The act of bowing, or bending the body in respect or reverence.Definition 2024
incurvation
incurvation
English
Noun
incurvation (plural incurvations)
- The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; a curving or bending; any instance of this.
- 1831 David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life of Sir I. Newton (1855) I. vii. 152:
- The incurvation or bending of a ray of light, incident on such a surface.
- 1831 David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life of Sir I. Newton (1855) I. vii. 152:
- (obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.
- The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
- A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.