incurvatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

incurvātĭo, ōnis, f. [incurvo],

a bending , curving (post-Aug.): materiae, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 207: caudae, Hyg. Astr. 3, 16.