- Concaving
- Concave Con"cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {concaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concaving}.] To make hollow or concave. [1913 Webster]
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Concaving
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Concave — Con cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {concaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concaving}.] To make hollow or concave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
concaved — Concave Con cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {concaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concaving}.] To make hollow or concave. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
concave — concavely, adv. concaveness, n. adj., v. /kon kayv , kon kayv/; n. /kon kayv/, adj., n., v., concaved, concaving. adj. 1. curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Cf. convex (def. 1). 2. Ge … Universalium
concave — /ˈkɒnkeɪv / (say konkayv), /kɒnˈkeɪv/ (say kon kayv) adjective 1. curved like the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved, especially of optical lenses and mirrors. 2. Obsolete hollow. –noun 3. a concave surface, part, line, etc …
concave — [kän kāv′; ] also, & for n.usually [, kän′kāv΄] adj. [ME & OFr < L concavus, hollow < com , intens. + cavus, hollow: see CAVE] hollow and curved like the inside of a bowl n. a concave surface, line, object, etc.: see LENS vt. concaved,… … English World dictionary
