noun
Meaning 1
The state of being concave
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
concavity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəŋˈkævɪti/
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rhymes with -ævɪti
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noun
Meaning 2
A concave structure or surface
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property possessed by a concave shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concaveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
Narrower terms: hollowness
noun
Meaning 4
a shape that curves or bends inward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: concave shape, incurvation, incurvature
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: solid
Narrower terms: dome, pit, fossa, recess, recession, niche, corner, bowl, trough, scoop, pocket, depression, impression, imprint, cup, indentation, indenture
History
Etymology
From Old French concavité. Morphologically concave + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: concavidá — the state of being concave
- Asturian: cuéncanu — the state of being concave
- Bulgarian: вдлъбнатост (vdlǎbnatost) — the state of being concave
- Catalan: concavitat — the state of being concave
- Chinese Mandarin: 凹度 (āodù) — the state of being concave
- Czech: konkávnost — the state of being concave
- Finnish: koveruus — the state of being concave
- Finnish: konkaavius — the state of being concave
- Finnish: konkaavisuus — the state of being concave
- French: concavité — the state of being concave
- Galician: concavidade — the state of being concave
- German: Konkavität — the state of being concave
- Hungarian: homorúság — the state of being concave
- Italian: concavità — the state of being concave
- Māori: arearenga — the state of being concave
- Polish: wklęsłość — the state of being concave
- Portuguese: concavidade — the state of being concave
- Romanian: concavitate — the state of being concave
- Russian: во́гнутость (vógnutostʹ) — the state of being concave
- Spanish: concavidad — the state of being concave
- Swedish: konkavitet — the state of being concave
- Asturian: concavidá — a concave structure or surface
- Bulgarian: вдлъбната повърхност (vdlǎbnata povǎrhnost) — a concave structure or surface
- Catalan: concavitat — a concave structure or surface
- Chinese Mandarin: 凹面 (āomiàn) — a concave structure or surface
- Finnish: kovera pinta — a concave structure or surface
- Galician: concavidade — a concave structure or surface
- German: Konkavität — a concave structure or surface
- Hungarian: homorulat — a concave structure or surface
- Polish: wklęsłość — a concave structure or surface
- Portuguese: concavidade — a concave structure or surface
- Romanian: concavitate — a concave structure or surface
- Spanish: concavidad — a concave structure or surface
- Swedish: konkavitet — a concave structure or surface