Synonyms for concavity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kon-kav-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈkæv ɪ ti |
Définition of concavity
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French concavité "hollow, concavity" (14c.) or directly from Latin concavitatem (nominative concavitas), from Latin concavus "hollow" (see concave).
- noun depression
- The shell was slightly concave, the concavity turned to the front.
- Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
- And otherwise unlike a volcanic crater is the concavity itself.
- Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
- It is circular, and is placed on the concavity of the ventral flexure.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- Petals numerous, small, 1-lipped, the concavity near the base.
- Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
- Three, however, had had their concavity partly whittled flat.
- Extract from : « Mohave Pottery » by Alfred L. Kroeber
- The Bee seems to make a point of this concavity, for it serves as a mould to receive the curved bottom of the next cell.
- Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
- Very shortly a cup-shaped form is assumed, the concavity of which is lined by the more columnar cells.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- The iliac crest, extending directly from one spine to the other, is curved, its concavity being turned upwards.
- Extract from : « Artistic Anatomy of Animals » by douard Cuyer
- The lateral iliac fossa is the concavity below the overhanging lateral iliac process.
- Extract from : « Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in » by E. Bruce Holmes
- The iliac recess is a concavity dorsolateral to the sharply curving posterior end of the internal ilio-ischiatic crest.
- Extract from : « Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in » by E. Bruce Holmes
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