concavo-convex

[ kon-key-voh-kon-veks ]

adjective

1. Also concave on one side and convex on the other.
2. Optics. pertaining to or noting a lens in which the concave face has a greater degree of curvature than the convex face.

concavo-convex

adjective

1. having one side concave and the other side convex
2. (of a lens) having a concave face with greater curvature than the convex face Compare convexo-concave

Word History and Origins

Origin of concavo-convex¹

1670–80; < Latin concav ( us ) + -o- + convex

Example Sentences

Its superior aspect, concavo-convex, moulded on the inferior articular surface of the humerus, presents internally two cavities, which receive the lips of the trochlea, and, externally, another, smaller, cavity, which receives the condyle.

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These three distinct classes of harrows, the disk type, the curved spring tooth type, and gangs of sections of concavo-convex disks, particularly distinguish this class of implements from the old forms of previous ages.

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F is called a meniscus, or concavo-convex, being concave on one, and convex on the other side.

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His aeroplanes were variously shaped, and were, as a rule, concavo-convex, the convex surface being directed upwards.

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I procured therefore another concavo-convex Plate of Glass ground on both sides to the same Sphere with the former Plate.

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