CONCAVE


Meaning of CONCAVE in English

adjective

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a concave mirror

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the centre of the face was a concave portion and Nuadu knew that the jutting bone of the nose had gone.

Disc harrows consisting of gangs of concave steel discs are dragged at an angle to the line of draught.

Modern lizards and crocodiles have saddle-shaped shoulder joints, concave from the bottom to the top and convex from the inside out.

Most myopic children can be fitted with glasses with concave lenses which will bring their vision to normal.

The concave feels good, similar to the Gator but deeper if anything, simple but functional.

The cone would then float up into the concave funnel and constrict the water passage, thus throttling its flow.

The face was in inverse relief, with the features concave rather than convex, as for a mold.

The tail is quite mellow, and concave too.

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