| 单词 |
arcuation |
| 释义 |
arcuation|ɑːkjuːˈeɪʃən| [ad. late L. arcuātiōn-em, n. of action f. arcuā-re: see arcuate a. and -tion. Cf. F. arcuation.] 1. A curving into the shape of an arch; incurvation.
1696Phillips, Arcuation, the bending of the bones. 1751Chambers Cycl., Arcuation is used, by some writers in surgery, for an incurvation of the bones. 1880in Syd. Soc. Lex. 2. Hort. 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. ? Obs.
1727–51in Chambers Cycl. 3. The use of the arch in building; arched work.
1856E. Denison Ch. Build. ii. 66 The principles of arcuation. 1879G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 19 Arcuation plastered over to look like trabeation. |

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