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Curvate
(gcide) | Curvate \Cur"vate\ (k?r"v?t), Curvated \Cur"va*ted\ (-v?-t?d),
a. [L. curvatus p. p. of curvare to curve, fr. curvus. See
Curve.]
Bent in a regular form; curved.
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incurvate
(encz) | incurvate,ohnout v: Zdeněk Brožincurvate,zakřivit v: Zdeněk Brož |
recurvate
(encz) | recurvate, adj: |
Curvated
(gcide) | Curvate \Cur"vate\ (k?r"v?t), Curvated \Cur"va*ted\ (-v?-t?d),
a. [L. curvatus p. p. of curvare to curve, fr. curvus. See
Curve.]
Bent in a regular form; curved.
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Incurvate
(gcide) | Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, a. [L. incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare
to crook; pref. in- in + curvus bent. See Curve, and cf.
Incurve.]
Curved; bent; crooked. --Derham.
[1913 Webster]Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurvated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incurvating.]
To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
--Cheyne.
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incurvate incurved
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Incurvated
(gcide) | Incurvate \In*cur"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurvated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Incurvating.]
To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
--Cheyne.
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Recurvate
(gcide) | Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (-v?t), v. t.
To bend or curve back; to recurve. --Pennant.
[1913 Webster]Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (r?*k?r"v?t), a. [L. recurvatus, p. p.
of recurvare. See Re-, and Curvate.] (Bot.)
Recurved.
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recurved recurvate
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Tricurvate
(gcide) | Tricurvate \Tri*cur"vate\ (tr[-i]*k[^u]r"v[asl]t), a. [Pref.
tri- + curvate.] (Zool.)
Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see
Illust. of Spicule).
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incurvate
(wn) | incurvate
adj 1: bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurvate,
incurved]
v 1: bend inwards; "The body incurvates a little at the back"
2: cause to curve inward; "gravity incurvates the rays" |
recurvate
(wn) | recurvate
adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate] |
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