The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incurvation \In`cur*va"tion\, n. [L. incurvatio: cf. F. incurvation.]
The act of bending, or curving.
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The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
An incurvation of the rays.
--Derham. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. ``The incurvations of the knee.''
--Bp. Hall.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; a curving or bending; any instance of this. 2 (context obsolete English) Bowing in reverence or worship. 3 The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend. 4 A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
WordNet
n. a shape that curves or bends inward [syn: concave shape, concavity, incurvature]
the action of creating a curved shape
Usage examples of "incurvation".
The pressure from fragments of glass excites movement almost as quickly as the absorption of nitrogenous matter, but the degree of incurvation thus caused is much less.