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saddle-shaped

saddle-shaped

1 6.7
Curved up at the sides and down in the middle like a horse saddle
  • adjective
  • /ˈsædəlˌʃeɪpt/
: en forma de silla de montar
  • The new building features a saddle-shaped roof that adds a unique aesthetic to the skyline.

Examples

  • At a point in the saddle-shaped region, the curvature is negative: there are nearby points on both sides of the tangent plane.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The saddle-shaped design of the chair provides both comfort and support for the back.

  • The inner surface is more saddle shaped, the outer surface is more sphere shaped.

  • Using a jigsaw, I cut four bike-saddle-shaped pieces of 3/4" plywood and drilled 1 1/4" holes into two of those pieces.

    Blog text (21)

  • (a) Diederik Korteweg's lithograph shows the spinodal (dashed curve), which bounds a saddle-shaped region.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In the park, we found a saddle-shaped mound that was perfect for sitting and enjoying the view.

Antonyms

flat
414 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

How Curved

curved
50 1.0
saddle-shaped
1 6.7
flat
414 1.0

Surface Forms

saddle-shaped positive

Morphology

saddle-shaped = saddle + shape (transparent) = saddle + shape + ed

The meaning is directly built from the noun 'saddle' and the adjectival form 'shaped', referring literally to something shaped like a saddle.

Etymology

The word saddle-shaped comes from saddle ('seat for a horse') and the ending -shaped ('having the form of'). Think of a horse saddle that lifts at the front and back and dips in the middle, so saddle-shaped means something that curves up at the edges and down in the middle.