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单词 arcuation
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arcuationn.

/ɑːkjuːˈeɪʃən/
Etymology: < late Latin arcuātiōn-em, noun of action < arcuāre : see arcuate adj. and -tion suffix. Compare French arcuation.
1. A curving into the shape of an arch; incurvation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [noun] > curvature
arcuation1696
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Arcuation, the bending of the bones.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Arcuation is used, by some writers in surgery, for an incurvation of the bones.
1880 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
2. Horticulture. A method of raising trees, by bending down twigs and pegging them into the ground, so that they take new root independent of the parent stock. ? Obsolete.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Arcuation, in Gardening, is the raising of Trees by Layers.
3. The use of the arch in building; arched work.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > arching
fornication1703
arcuation1856
1856 E. B. Denison Lect. Church Building ii. 66 The principles of arcuation.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 19 Arcuation plastered over to look like trabeation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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