n. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
n. A winding about; a turning or fold.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
n. A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See circumflection.
Word Usage
"Lateral dislocations may be reduced by circumflexion or excalcitration, or by extension (but this is most applicable in dislocation backward), but also by moderate extension."