biconvex

Speech parts

1. biconvex - Adjective

2. biconvex - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lenticular convex lentiform convexo-convex curved rounded bent bulging arched bell-shaped gibbous protuberant hogged broken-backed umbellate
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Antonyms

silken straight hollow depressed sinking concave
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Phrases with the word

biconvex lens

Examples

A lens is biconvex (or double convex, or just convex) if both surfaces are convex. Source: Internet

If the lens is biconvex or plano-convex, a collimated beam of light passing through the lens converges to a spot (a focus) behind the lens. Source: Internet

The remaining distal carpal, referred to here as the medial carpal, but which has also been termed the distal lateral, or pre-axial carpal, articulates on a vertically elongate biconvex facet on the anterior surface of the distal syncarpal. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bicontinental bicontinuity bicontinuous biconvex lens biconvexity bicoordinate