Definitions for concavo-convex

concavo-convex con·ca·vo-con·vex

Spelling: [kon-key-voh-kon-veks]
IPA: /kɒnˈkeɪ voʊ kɒnˈvɛks/

Concavo-Convex is a 14 letter English word.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in concavo-convex (-acccennooovvx).

Definitions for concavo-convex

adjective

  1. Also, convexo-concave. concave on one side and convex on the other.
  2. Optics. pertaining to or noting a lens in which the concave face has a greater degree of curvature than the convex face.

Origin of concavo-convex

1670-80; Latin concav(us) + -o- + convex

Examples for concavo-convex

I measured therefore the thickness of this concavo-convex Plate of Glass, and found it every where 1/4 of an Inch precisely.

When a concavo-convex plate is affixed to the outside of the cubit.

F is called a meniscus, or concavo-convex, being concave on one, and convex on the other side.

Other types employ two plano-convex lenses, the curved surfaces nearly in contact; or a concavo-convex and a plano-convex lens.

concavo-convex: hollowed out or concave on one surface, rounded or convex on the other; like a small segment of a hollow sphere.

Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side.

Grain is orbicular to ovate, concavo-convex, red-brown, and transversely rugose.

Winglets: small, concavo-convex scales, generally fringed at tip, under the base of the elytra in Dytiscidae.

They are neat, moderately thin, concavo-convex disks, with smooth surfaces and rounded edges.

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