infolding

[ in-fohl-ding ]

noun

1. invagination.

Word History and Origins

Origin of infolding¹

infold ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The few walks she had taken had lulled all sense of uneasiness in venturing into the infolding forest.

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And away beyond lay the unchanging, mysterious valley, and the infolding, mysterious hills of Italy.

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Cotyledons petioled, thick and very unequal, their margins somewhat infolding each other.

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The four cryptic creatures of Ezekiel's vision came out of the north, a great cloud of "infolding fire" and the colour was amber.

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This membrane is continued as a thickened infolding which forms the sockets of the lenses.

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