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incurvation


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incurvation  \In`cur*va"tion\,  n.  [L.  incurvatio:  cf  F. 
  incurvation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  bending,  or  curving. 
 
  2.  The  state  of  being  bent  or  curved;  curvature. 
 
  An  incurvation  of  the  rays.  --Derham. 
 
  3.  The  act  of  bowing,  or  bending  the  body,  in  respect  or 
  reverence.  ``The  incurvations  of  the  knee.''  --Bp.  Hall.