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Arciform

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Formed in the shape of an arc.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having the form of a bow (weapon)

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having the form of an arch; curved.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Bow-shaped; curved; arched.

Having the form or structure of the shell of the molluscan genus Area.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. forming or resembling an arch

Word Usage

"He would search for the minuscule and the uncelebrated, the unlikely structures of elemental form—the helix inside honeycomb, the symmetry of a thyme leaf, the arciform of a daylily."

Equivalent

curving curved

Cross Reference

arciform fibers

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

curved