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Look up: concave

  1. concave
    [adj] - curving inward
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Concave
    curving inward away from the viewer.
    Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/

  3. Concave
    Curved from the inside, a curved depression in the surface of an object. See also: Convex.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  4. Concave
    Curving Inward
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit

  5. Concave
    Con'cave (kŏn*kā*v' or kŏn'-; 277) adjective [ Latin concavus ; con- + cavus hollow: confer French concave . See Cave a hollow.] 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the in...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/125

  6. Concave
    Con'cave noun [ Latin 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/125

  7. Concave
    Con'cave transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle concaved ; present participle & verbal noun Concaving .] To make hollow or concave.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/125

  8. concave
    Having a depressed or hollowed surface. ... Origin: L. Concavus, arched or vaulted ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. concave
    adjective curving inward
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. concave
    (kon-kāv´) rounded and somewhat depressed or hollowed out.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  11. Concave
    • (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll. • (v. t.) To make hollow or concave. • (a.) Hollow; void of contents. • (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. • (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. concave
    concave 1. Curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. 2. Curved inward like the inner surface of a bowl or sphere. 3. In geometry: A reference to a polygon having at least one interior angle greater than 180°.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. Concave
    Said of a curve that bulges away from some reference point, usually the horizontal axis or the origin of a diagram. More formally, a curve is concave from below (or concave to something below it) if all straight lines connecting points on it lie on or below it. Contrasts with convex.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  14. Concave
    A term to describe an outline which curves inward. Synonymous with incurvate and the opposite of convex and excurvate. Suggested that this term only be used to describe basal edges.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  15. concave
    hollowed out, basin-like.
    Found on http://www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/

  16. concave
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kon-kāv′ Definitions: 1. Having a depressed or hollowed surface.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  17. concave
    Of a surface, curving inwards, or away from the eye. For example, a bowl appears concave when viewed from above. In geometry, a concave polygon is one that has an interior angle greater than 180°. Concave is the opposite of convex
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. Concave
    A surface curved like the interior of a circle or sphere.
    Found on http://www.otherpower.com/glossary.html

  19. CONCAVE
    A surface shaped like the inside of a sphere.
    Found on http://eyediologyopticians.co.uk/pages/E

  20. Concave
    . The word `concave` means curving in or hollowed inward, as opposed to convex. The former may be used in reference to: In addition, the term `concave upwards` is used for convex functions, and `concave downwards` for concave functions. See also :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concave



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