concaveness

Variant of concave

concave definition

con·cave (kän kāv′; also, & for n.usually, kän′kāv′)

adjective

hollow and curved like the inside of a bowl

Etymology: ME & OFr < L concavus, hollow < com-, intens. + cavus, hollow: see cave

noun

a concave surface, line, object, etc.

transitive verb concaved -·caved′, concaving -·cav′·ing

to make concave

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