Definition of concave

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Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

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Concavous :: Concavous (a.) Concave.
Vaulty :: Vaulty (a.) Arched; concave.
Concaved :: Concaved (a.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
Ginglymodi :: Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel..
Roach-backed :: Roach-backed (a.) Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.
Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..
Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..
Procoelia :: Procoelia (n. pl.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebrae are concave in front..
Hypotrochoid :: Hypotrochoid (n.) A curve, traced by a point in the radius, or radius produced, of a circle which rolls upon the concave side of a fixed circle. See Hypocycloid, Epicycloid, and Trochoid..
Concaved :: Concaved (imp. & p. p.) of Concav.
Amphicoelous :: Amphicoelous (a.) Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebrae.
Trochilus :: Trochilus (n.) An annular molding whose section is concave, like the edge of a pulley; -- called also scotia..
Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow; void of contents.
Cymbiform :: Cymbiform (a.) Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses..
Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) A concave molding; a cavetto.
Talon :: Talon (n.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee..
Concave :: Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.
Cope :: Cope (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state..
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