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单词 inbending
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inbendingn.

Etymology: < in adv. + bending n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈinˌbending.
A bending or curving inwards.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > inwards
inflexure1578
incurvity1646
inturn1690
incurvature1809
incurvation1822
incurving1865
inbending1881
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 221 For the lining of the lungs is but, as it were, a very deep and complex inbending and infolding of the body's external surface.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

inbendingadj.

Etymology: < in adv. + bending adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈinˌbending.
That bends or curves inwards.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curved inwards
combingc1503
inbenta1586
inbending1622
inflexed1661
incurvated1665
inflex1753
incurvate1776
incurved1816
rolled-in1832
introflexed1846
incurving1865
inflected1870
inwound1876
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 105 To diuide, Low Holland from the High, which on their Easterne side Th' in bending Ocean holds, from the Norfolcean lands.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

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inbending
(iii) With verbal nouns in -ing, with the senses ‘moving inwards’ or ‘directed inwards’, as inbending, in-flashing, in-leaking, inleaning, in-sinking, etc. See also in-beaming n., inbringing n., etc.
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OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John (headings to readings) xliii Quibus insuflatione significat spiritum sanctum : of ðæm in inblauing gebecnað gast halig.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxi. 5 Ne in þer flesch þei sholen make incuttynge [a1425 Corpus Oxf. in kyttynge; a1425 L.V. keruyngis; L. incisuras].
1649 Perfect Summary No. 24. 185 It shall be still or reall endeavours for the future to keep our selves free of all compliance with, or inleaning to the Popish, Prelaticall and Malignant party.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 970 Out-wicking, is to strike the outer angle of a stone, so as thereby to put it into the spot. Though a much more difficult operation, it can sometimes be practised with effect when in-wicking cannot.
1847 J. F. South tr. J. M. Chelius Syst. Surg. II. 119 The simple inbending of the womb.
1850 W. Anderson Regeneration 193 That there be a continuance of that inflashing of the truth into the..soul.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. vi. 112 With certain worms there began the first head-brains, arising from an in-sinking of outer-layer (ectoderm) cells at the front end.
1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Disp. 30 July g5/1 I summarized the problems plaguing America's public schools, including administrative bloat..an addiction to educational fads and the in-leaking of left-wing ideology.
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