recurve
to curve or bend back or backward.
Origin of recurve
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How to use recurve in a sentence
So again in 747 and 748 the recurve appears primarily as a highlight; is that correct?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAnd the actual highlight showing the curve and recurve still appears as point D?
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyThe outer petals recurve, as the flower develops, until they meet at the stem, thus giving us a ball-like blossom.
Amateur Gardencraft | Eben E. RexfordIt must be free of any appendages abutting upon the outside of the recurve at a right angle.
The Science of Fingerprints | Federal Bureau of InvestigationA sufficient recurve may be defined as that part of a recurving ridge between the shoulders of a loop.
The Science of Fingerprints | Federal Bureau of Investigation
British Dictionary definitions for recurve
/ (rɪˈkɜːv) /
to curve or bend (something) back or down or (of something) to be so curved or bent
Origin of recurve
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