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Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..

Sea Orange :: Sea orange () A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Convexo-concave :: Convexo-concave (a.) Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus..

Camera Obscura :: Camera obscura () An apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced..

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..

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle..

Convex :: Convex (n.) A convex body or surface.

Convexo-plane :: Convexo-plane (a.) Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex..

Hyponasty :: Hyponasty (n.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface..

Neckmould :: Neckmould (n.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital.

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.

Cylindrical :: Cylindrical (a.) Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder..

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..

Convexness :: Convexness (n.) The state of being convex; convexity.

Opisthocoelous :: Opisthocoelous (a.) Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck)..

Bell-faced :: Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.

Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.

Claude Lorraine Glass :: Claude Lorraine glass () A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape..

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