concavity
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8.1
- noun
- /kənˈkævɪti/
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concavidad
- Maintaining the natural concavity of the region with no distortion of the surrounding tissue, achieving symmetry, and protecting the visual field and eyelid movements without cicatricial ectropion must be considered during reconstruction (4, 5).
Notice that on the Strider sword, from the fuller to the edge, it's a concavity that's called a hollow grind.
- Notice that on the Strider sword, from the fuller to the edge, it's a concavity that's called a hollow grind.
Examples
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He had a noticeable concavity just above the left medial eyebrow, approximately 2 cm in diameter and 5 mm in depth.
Academic text (2009) -
The spherical shape of this implant enhances its ability to remain stabilized due to the two bone concavities created.
Academic text (2015) -
Leave the concavity setting at 0, since you'll want a flat edge.
Academic text (2000) -
The lesion was skin-colored and slightly mobile, and it featured an area of central concavity.
Academic text (2001) -
Chisel marks and a shallow concavity in the relief suggest that bronze was carved away in this area.
Academic text (2012) -
Its concavity, echoing the curves of Monument Circle, paralleled the appearance of older structures on the Circle's southeast corner.
Blog text (25) -
The concavities also produce two ball-in-socket articulations, enabling a broad range of motion that best reflects the normal thumb (6).
Academic text (2015) -
In each design, a suitably shaped microcellular rubber sheet was used below the calcaneum and to fill the concavity of the arched articulated foot bones.
Academic text (1990) -
The thicker, microcellular rubber (MCR) sole is shaped and trimmed to correspond to the concavity of the endoskeleton.
Academic text (1991) -
The bowl has a deep concavity that helps hold the soup without spilling.
Synonyms
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7.5
A small hollow in a surface that can hold water
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9.6
The state of curving inward like the inside of a bowl
A curve that bends inward
A shape that curves inward like a bowl or satellite dish
A part of something that bends inward like a spine or branch
How Concave
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2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word concavity comes from Latin parts con- and cavus, where cavus means 'hollow', and you can see the same root in cave and cavity. So a concavity is a hollow or a surface that curves inward, like the inside of a bowl.