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Definition of Arcuation
1. n. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Definition of Arcuation
1. Noun. The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness. ¹
2. Noun. (botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arcuation
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Medical Definition of Arcuation
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1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcuation
Literary usage of Arcuation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"Northern. ARCUATE, àr'kù-àte. a. (91). Bent in the form of an arch. arcuation,
àr-ku-à'ihi',ns The an of bending any thing, ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1885)
"Park green with some him- and purple, or light blue with much green and a little
purple; a slight arcuation at apez of third segment: one specimen has th« ..."
3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"The second section is devoid of the dorsal arcuation and the ventral sinus is
... less dorsal arcuation almost always greater elongation (often there is a ..."
4. A History of British Mollusca and Their Shells by Edward Forbes, Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1853)
"The swell of the ventral margin ranges from simple convexity to full arcuation,
and the declination in the dorsal edges increases in like proportion with ..."
5. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"The second section is devoid of the dorsal arcuation and the ventral sinus is
... less dorsal arcuation almost always greater elongation (often there is a ..."
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