Definition of Infolding

1. Noun. The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface. "The invagination of the blastula"


Definition of Infolding

1. Verb. (present participle of infold) ¹

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Definition of Infolding

1. infold [v] - See also: infold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infolding

infocratic
infodemic
infodemics
infodump
infodumps
infoganda
infoglut
infographic
infographics
infoholic
infoholics
infold
infolded
infolder
infolders
infolding (current term)
infoldings
infoldment
infoldments
infolds
infoliate
infoliated
infoliating
infomania
infomediary
infomercial
infomercials
infommercial
infommercials
infonaut

Literary usage of Infolding

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"RH 1869:210. purple-brown, spotted with deeper brown : labellum 3-lobed, lateral lobes infolding the column, whitish without, yellow veined wiih purple ..."

2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... the line of infolding): ligules short, pale yellow according to Null all, but certainly sometimes if not always purplish or rose-color: akim-s ..."

3. A Treatise on Diseases of the Anus, Rectum, and Pelvic Colon by James Percival Tuttle (1902)
"... i enables one to keep the latter free from irritating substances by frequen Fio. 88 C.—LONGITUDINAL SECTION SHOWING RESULTS OF infolding RY ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"By a process of infolding, the thicker end is partially invaginated, the middle portion or "hind-body" and the organism may now present a superficial ..."

5. Wood's Illustrated Plant Record: With King's Check Tablets, for the Rapid ...by Alphonso Wood, Franklin Hiram King by Alphonso Wood, Franklin Hiram King (1877)
"... like incumbent, but the cotyledons partly infolding the radicle : seeds globular. Mustard. Size (compared with albumen, if any). Minute. Large. ..."

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