biconcave

Speech parts

1. biconcave - Adjective

2. biconcave - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebrae.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

concave concavo-concave crescent round curved rounded hollow sinking dipped sunken dented incurved indented incurvate cupped
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Antonyms

bulging biconvex convex

Phrases with the word

biconcave lens

Examples

Between these articular surfaces is the articular disc (or meniscus), which is a biconcave, transversely oval disc composed of dense fibrous connective tissue. Source: Internet

A lens with two concave surfaces is biconcave (or just concave). Source: Internet

If the lens is biconcave or plano-concave, a collimated beam of light passing through the lens is diverged (spread); the lens is thus called a negative or diverging lens. Source: Internet

The broken pumice is clear and isotropic, and very small particles commonly have crescentic, sickle-shaped, or biconcave outlines, showing that they are produced by the shattering of a vesicular glass, sometimes described as ash-structure. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bicomponent bicomposite bicon biconcave lens biconcavity biconceptual