adj
Meaning 1
Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
concave
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adj
Meaning 2
Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: functional analysis
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adj
Meaning 4
Hollow; empty.
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noun
Meaning 5
A concave surface or curve.
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noun
Meaning 6
The vault of the sky.
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noun
Meaning 7
One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661).
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noun
Meaning 8
An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 9
An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
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noun
Meaning 10
An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skateboarding, sports
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noun
Meaning 11
A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
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verb
Meaning 12
To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.
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adjective
Meaning 13
curving inward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: convex
History
Etymology
From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: tsʼagh — curved inward
- Arabic: مُقَعَّر (muqaʕʕar) — curved inward
- Arabic: مُجَوَّف (mujawwaf) — curved inward
- Armenian: գոգավոր (gogavor) — curved inward
- Asturian: cóncavu — curved inward
- Bengali: অবতল (obotol) — curved inward
- Bulgarian: вдлъбнат (vdlǎbnat) — curved inward
- Catalan: còncau — curved inward
- Chinese Mandarin: 凹 (āo) — curved inward
- Cornish: kowgrom — curved inward
- Czech: vydutý — curved inward
- Czech: konkávní — curved inward
- Danish: konkav — curved inward
- Dutch: hol — curved inward
- Esperanto: kava — curved inward
- Estonian: nõgus — curved inward
- Faroese: innskaraður — curved inward
- Faroese: innhjólaður — curved inward
- Finnish: kovera — curved inward
- Finnish: konkaavi — curved inward
- French: concave — curved inward
- Galician: cóncavo — curved inward
- German: konkav — curved inward
- German: nach innen gewölbt — curved inward
- German: eingewölbt — curved inward
- Greek: κοίλος (koílos) — curved inward
- Hawaiian: ʻeʻele — curved inward
- Hungarian: homorú — curved inward
- Hungarian: konkáv — curved inward
- Icelandic: íhvolfur — curved inward
- Indonesian: cekung — curved inward
- Italian: concavo — curved inward
- Japanese: 凹面 (ōmen) — curved inward
- Kazakh: ойыс (oiys) — curved inward
- Korean: 요면 (yomyeon) — curved inward
- Latin: concavus — curved inward
- Māori: areare — curved inward
- Māori: kōpapa — curved inward
- Norwegian Bokmål: konkav — curved inward
- Norwegian Nynorsk: konkav — curved inward
- Persian: کاو (kâv) — curved inward
- Polish: wklęsły — curved inward
- Portuguese: côncavo — curved inward
- Romanian: concav — curved inward
- Russian: во́гнутый (vógnutyj) — curved inward
- Slovak: dutý — curved inward
- Slovak: vydutý — curved inward
- Slovak: konkávny — curved inward
- Spanish: cóncavo — curved inward
- Swedish: konkav — curved inward
- Tagalog: malukong — curved inward
- Tày: boóng — curved inward
- Thai: เว้า (wáo) — curved inward
- Turkish: konkav — curved inward
- Turkish: içbükey — curved inward
- Vietnamese: lõm — curved inward
- Welsh: ceugrwm — curved inward
- Welsh: ceugrom — curved inward
- Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина (vdlǎbnatina) — A concave surface or curve
- Northern Kurdish: rûçal — A concave surface or curve
- Russian: невы́пуклый (nevýpuklyj) — A concave surface or curve
- Thai: รูปร่างที่นูน — A concave surface or curve
- Bulgarian: вдлъбвам (vdlǎbvam) — To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.
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