incurvation
- a word derived from incurvate.
Example Sentences
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In 1 hr. there was apparently some slight incurvation, and this was well-marked in 3 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
The incurvation thus caused lasted for an unusually short time.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Behind this, from the concave side of the incurvation, proceeded another long cilium, so delicate as to be discernible only by the use of the highest powers and careful management of the light.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Huxley, Thomas Henry
A short space of this margin, opposite the fly, showed a trace of incurvation after 3 hrs., and this became strongly pronounced in 7 hrs.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
For how can the suns rayes that be transmisse Through these loose knots in Comets, well expresse Their beards or curld tayls utmost incurvation?
From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry
