Definition of Decurve

1. to curve downward [v -CURVED, -CURVING, -CURVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decurve

decurionates
decurions
decurrence
decurrent
decurrently
decursion
decursions
decursive
decursively
decurt
decurtate
decurtation
decurted
decurting
decurts
decurve (current term)
decurved
decurves
decurving
decury
decussate
decussated
decussately
decussates
decussating
decussatio
decussatio brachii conjunctivi
decussatio fontinalis
decussatio lemniscorum
decussatio motoria

Literary usage of Decurve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1891)
"... CJ should theoretically be at the same distance from the zero line of pressures as the point where the low-pressure expansion DEcurve cuts the line EH, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Glaucous, 9 in. high : branches purplish, erect, afterwards decurve-d: lvs. in whorls of 3, sessile-, sinuate-, bluish green, pinkish at margins: fin. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... hawks may be characterized by possessing comparatively short wings and long legs, a bill which begins to decurve directly from the cere (or soft bare ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... hawks may be characterized by possessing comparatively short wings and long legs, a bill which begins to decurve directly from the cere (or soft bare ..."

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