| Pronunciation: | | kân'kavitee
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- [n] the property possessed by a concave shape
- [n] a shape that curves or bends inward
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| | Synonyms: | | concave shape, concaveness, incurvation, incurvature |
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| | See Also: | | bowl, configuration, conformation, contour, corner, cup, depression, form, fossa, hollowness, impression, imprint, indentation, indenture, niche, pit, pocket, recess, recession, scoop, shape, solid, trough |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Concavities}. [L. concavitas:
cf. F. concavit['e]. See {Concave}.]
A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of
being concave.
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| | Related Terms: | | aduncity, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, aquilinity, arching, arcuation, armpit, basin, boss, bowl, bump, cavity, circularity, colophon, concameration, concave, convexity, convolution, crater, crookedness, crypt, cup, curvation, curvature, curving, curvity, dactylogram, dactylograph, debasement, decurvation, decurvature, de-escalation, degradation, demotion, dent, depression, descent, detrusion, diminution, dint, dip, ducking, embossment, excrescence, excurvation, excurvature, fingerprint, fold, follicle, footmark, footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, funnel chest, hauling down, hole, hollow, hollow shell, hollowness, hookedness, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, incurvation, incurvature, incurvity, indent, indentation, indention, lacuna, lowering, lump, pad, paw print, pawmark, pimple, pit, pocket, print, pug, pugmark, punch bowl, recurvation, recurvature, recurvity, reduction, rondure, rotundity, sag, scoop, seal, shell, sigil, signet, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinking, sinuosity, sinuousness, sinus, socket, stamp, step, stud, submergence, thrusting under, thumbmark, thumbprint, tortuosity, tortuousness, trough, vaulting, vestige, vug |
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