n. The act of acquiring or being given a curved form; a curving or bending; any instance of this.
n. Bowing in reverence or worship.
n. The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
n. A curving inwards; the condition of being curved inwards.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of bending, or curving.
n. The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
n. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of incurving or bending.
n. The state of being incurved or bent; curvature, as of the spine; crookedness.
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n. the action of creating a curved shape
n. a shape that curves or bends inward
Word Usage
"Among the older writers who describe incurvation or torsion of the penis are Arantius, 6.435 the Ephemerides, Haenel, * [401] Petit, 6.436 Schurig, Tulpius, 6.437 and Zacchias."