What is the act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward called?
recurvation — The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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