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1. (adj.) concave
curved or hollowed inward like the inside of a circle or sphere.
2. concave
(of a polygon) having at least one interior angle greater than 180°.
3. (n.) concave
a concave surface, part, line, or thing.
4. (v.t.) concave
to make concave.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L concavus hollow. See con -, cave)
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| Definition of 'concave' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) concave
curving inward
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) concave
hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky
2. (adj) concave
hollow; void of contents
3. (noun) concave
a hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess
4. (noun) concave
a curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll
5. (verb) concave
to make hollow or concave
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Sense: (of an object or surface) curved inwards
Spoons are concave.
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 Afrikaans: hol, holrond, konkaaf |
 Arabic: مُقعَّـر |
 Bulgarian: вдлъбнат |
 Brazilian: côncavo |
 Czech: vydutý |
 German: konkav |
 Danish: konkav; hul |
 Greek: κοίλος |
 Spanish: cóncavo |
 Estonian: nõgus |
 Farsi: مقعر؛ فرورفته |
 Finnish: kovera |
 French: concave |
 Hebrew: קָעוּר |
 Hindi: अवतल |
 Croatian: udubljen, konkavan |
 Hungarian: homorú |
 Indonesian: cekung |
 Icelandic: íhvolfur |
 Italian: concavo |
 Japanese: 凹形の |
 Korean: 오목한 |
 Lithuanian: įgaubtas, įdubęs |
 Latvian: ieliekts; iedobts |
 Malay: cekung |
 Dutch: concaaf |
 Norwegian: buet innover, konkav |
 Polish: wklęsły |
 Persian: مقعر؛ فرورفته |
 Pashto: محدب، مجوف، ګرد تش منځى |
 Portuguese: côncavo |
 Romanian: concav |
 Russian: вогнутый |
 Slovak: vydutý |
 Slovenian: vbokel |
 Serbian: konkavan |
 Swedish: konkav, kupig |
 Thai: เว้า |
 Turkish: içbükey |
 Taiwanese: 凹的 |
 Ukrainian: угнутий |
 Urdu: مقعر |
 Vietnamese: hình lòng chảo |
 Chinese: 凹的 |
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