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falciformity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • fălsĭfôrʹmĭtĭ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fælsɪˈfɔːmɪtɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From falciform + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The quality of being falciform; sickle-shapedness.
    • The surface of sheet metals should not have any bracks, cracks, non-metallic inclusions. As far as bias and falciformity are concerned, they should not exceed the value of permissible aberrations of width and length of the sheet. 2002: Metal 2002: 11th International Metallurgical & Material Conference, 14th–16th of May in 2002, Červený zámek, Hradec nad Moravicí, Česká republika – Czech Republic, paper 120: Marta Migalska and Stanisław Borkowski, “Analysis of Factors Influencing the Quality of Sheet Metals”, page 2 of 4