recurve

Example Sentences

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It made landfall on west-central Mexico on Wednesday as a hurricane — making it an example of the uncommon storm that recurves toward the mainland, experts said.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021

In the central pocket loop, one or more of the simple recurves of the plain loop type usually recurve a second time to form a pocket within the loop.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)

Recurrent vein: in Hemerobiidae, the first branch of the subcosta when it recurves toward the base of the wing.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

It is not a double loop because all of the recurves of the loop on the right are spoiled by appendages.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)

One of the requirements of a loop type is that the ridge enters on one side, recurves, and makes its exit on the side from which it entered.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)