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incurvations

incurvations is the plural of incurvation.

Meaning of incurvation

Noun

incurvation (countable and uncountable, plural incurvations)

  1. The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; an instance of curving or bending.
    • The incurvation or bending of a ray of light, incident on such a surface.1831, David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life of Sir I. Newton, published 1855, I. vii. 152
  2. The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
    1. A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
  3. (obsolete) Bowing in reverence or worship.

Questions about incurvations

What is incurvations the plural of?
Incurvations is the plural of incurvation.

Words near incurvations in the dictionary

  1. incurvate
  2. incurvated
  3. incurvates
  4. incurvating
  5. incurvation
  6. incurvations
  7. incurvature
  8. incurvatures
  9. incurve
  10. incurved
  11. incurves

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