incurvate
adjective
curved, especially inward.
incurvation
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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 Charles Darwin
The incurvation subsequently increased somewhat, but after 24 hrs. had greatly decreased.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
This incurvation serves, as already shown, to prevent insects from being washed away by the rain; but it likewise serves for another end.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Clubbed finger-ends, in the adult, are seen mostly, with incurvation of the nails, in advancing consumption.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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 Henry More
