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Arcuation
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness. countable, uncountable
"In the practice of arcuation, the voussoirs or arch - stones are so cut , that their joints are perpendicular to the arch or to its tangent , at the points where they respectively fall"
- 2 A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. countable, uncountable
"flowering Shrubs, which are propagated or raised by Arcuation, or laying"
Etymology
Latin arcuatio.
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