concavity

[kon-kav-i-tee]

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noun, plural con·cav·i·ties for 2.

the state or quality of being concave.

a concave surface or thing; cavity.

Origin of concavity

1350–1400; Middle English concavite < Late Latin concavitāt- (stem of concavitās). See con-, cave, -ity

Related formssub·con·cav·i·ty, noun, plural sub·con·cav·i·ties.

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Related Words for concavity

impression, hole, indentation

Examples from the Web for concavity

Historical Examples of concavity

The shell was slightly concave, the concavity turned to the front.
The Scalp Hunters
Mayne Reid
And otherwise unlike a volcanic crater is the concavity itself.
The Lone Ranche
Captain Mayne Reid
It is circular, and is placed on the concavity of the ventral flexure.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1
Francis Maitland Balfour
Petals numerous, small, 1-lipped, the concavity near the base.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Asa Gray
Three, however, had had their concavity partly whittled flat.
Mohave Pottery
Alfred L. Kroeber

British Dictionary definitions for concavity

concavity

noun plural -ties

the state or quality of being concave

a concave surface or thing; cavity

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Word Origin and History for concavity

c.1400, from Old French concavité "hollow, concavity" (14c.) or directly from Latin concavitatem (nominative concavitas), from Latin concavus "hollow" (see concave).

concavity in Medicine

concavity

[kŏn-kăv′ĭ-tē]

n.

A hollow or depression that is curved like the inner surface of a sphere.