Incurvity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being bent inwards. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "being the Hieroglyphick of celerity, and swifter than other animals, men best expressed their velocity by incurvity, and under some figure of a bow"

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circularityconcavityconvexityconvolutiondepressionimpression

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"being the Hieroglyphick of celerity, and swifter than other animals, men best expressed their velocity by incurvity, and under some figure of a bow"

Etymology

From Latin incurvus + -ity, from Latin incurvitas.

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