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concavity

[kon-kav-i-tee]
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noun, plural con·cav·i·ties for 2.
  1. the state or quality of being concave.
  2. a concave surface or thing; cavity.
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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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Examples from the Web for concavity

Historical Examples

  • 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.

  • Petals numerous, small, 1-lipped, the concavity near the base.

  • Three, however, had had their concavity partly whittled flat.

    Mohave Pottery

    Alfred L. Kroeber

British Dictionary definitions for concavity

concavity

noun plural -ties
  1. the state or quality of being concave
  2. a concave surface or thing; cavity
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Word Origin and History for concavity

n.

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

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concavity in Medicine

concavity

(kŏn-kăv′ĭ-tē)
n.
  1. A hollow or depression that is curved like the inner surface of a sphere.
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