Incurvation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incurvation \In`cur*va"tion\, n. [L. incurvatio: cf. F.
     incurvation.]
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     1. The act of bending, or curving.
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     2. The state of being bent or curved; curvature.
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              An incurvation of the rays.           --Derham.
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     3. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or
        reverence. "The incurvations of the knee." --Bp. Hall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incurvation
       n 1: a shape that curves or bends inward [syn: {concave shape}, {concavity},
             {incurvature}]
       2: the action of creating a curved shape