incised

[in-sahyzd]

adjective

1. cut into.

   the incised material.

2. made by cutting.

   an incised pattern.

3. Medicine/Medical.,  made or cut cleanly, as if surgically; not ragged.

   an incised wound.

4. (of a leaf ) sharply, deeply, and somewhat irregularly notched.

incised

/ ɪnˈsaɪzd /

adjective

1. cut into or engraved

   an incised surface

2. made by cutting or engraving

   an incised design

3. (of a wound) cleanly cut, as with a surgical knife

4. having margins that are sharply and deeply indented

   an incised leaf

Other Word Forms

• unincised adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of incised¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; incise + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But the opposite, reflective face bears an image incised in finely engraved lines that under normal conditions is virtually imperceptible to the naked eye.

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The development of new pastes advanced the formation and integration of sculpture; and “paste on paste” permitted the use of incised bas-reliefs.

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They found that the Martian valleys' branching angles "are more similar to terrestrial valley networks incised by overland flow, than valley networks incised by re-emerging groundwater flow."

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A post-mortem examination found she had sustained four incised wounds to her neck, one bolt wound to her neck and 11 bolt wounds to her torso among other injuries.

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As a result, some streams became deeply incised channels that act as drains, lowering the water table and encouraging conifers to move in where meadows once were, Pope said.

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