About The Word Concave
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Concave
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What's The Definition Of Concave?
[adj] curving inward
Synonyms | Synonyms for Concave: acetabular | biconcave | bowl-shaped | bursiform | concavo-concave | concavo-convex | cotyloid | cotyloidal | cuplike | cup-shaped | cupular | cupulate | depressed | dished | dish-shaped | indented | planoconcave | pouchlike | pouch-shaped | recessed | saclike | umbilicate Related Terms | Find terms related to Concave: arched | arciform | arclike | arcual | bandy | boatlike | boat-shaped | bowed | bowlike | bowllike | bowl-shaped | cavelike | cavernous | concaved | convex | craterlike | cupped | cup-shaped | cymbiform | dished | dishing | dishlike | dish-shaped | embowed | funnel-breasted | funnel-chested | funnel-shaped | gibbose | gibbous | hollow | hollowed | humpbacked | humped | humpy | hunched | hunchy | incurved | incurving | incurvous | infundibular | infundibuliform | navicular | naviform | oxbow | retiring | retreating | saucer-shaped | scaphoid | scyphate | spoonlike | sunk | sunken | vaulted See Also | intrusive Concave In Webster's Dictionary \Con"cave\ (k[o^][ng]*k[=a]*v" or k[o^]n"-; 277), a. [L.
concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See {Cave} a
hollow.]
1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the
interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of
the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to
{convex}; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the
sky.
2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.]
As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. --Shak.
\Con"cave\, n. [L. concavum.] 1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. Up to the fiery concave towering hight. --Milton. 2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll. \Con"cave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {concaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concaving}.] To make hollow or concave. |
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