Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: ARCUATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.[Websters]
2. A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Top

Date "Arcuation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Arcuation \Arc`u*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression arcuatio.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARCUATION

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; great convexity of the thorax. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Definition: ARCUATION

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.[Websters]
2. A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Top

Date "ARCUATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Arcuation \Arc`u*a"tion\, noun. [Latin expression arcuatio.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARCUATION

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] The act of bending; incurvation; the state of being bent; curvity; crookedness; great convexity of the thorax. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top