concavity
noun
1 concavity
A shape that curves or bends inward.
synonyms: concave shape, incurvation, incurvature.
Roget 252:
concavity,
depression,
dip;
hollow,
hollowness;
indentation,
intaglio,
cavity,
dent,
dint,
dimple,
follicle,
pit,
sinus,
alveolus†,
lacuna;
excavation,
strip mine;
trough
etc.
(furrow)
259;
honeycomb.
cup,
basin,
crater,
punch bowl;
cell
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
socket.
valley,
vale,
dale,
dell,
dingle,
combe†,
bottom,
slade†,
strath†,
glade,
grove,
glen,
cave,
cavern,
cove;
grot†,
grotto;
alcove,
cul-de-sac;
gully
etc.
198;
arch
etc.
(curve)
245;
bay
etc.
(of the sea)
343.
excavator,
sapper,
miner.
honeycomb
(sponge)
252.1.
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Polish: zagłębienie, wklęsłość, wgłębienie, wydrążenie, wklęśnięcie, zaklęśnięcie, zaklęsłość
2 concavity
The property possessed by a concave shape.
synonym: concaveness.
Polish: wklęsłość
Moby thesaurus: aduncity, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, aquilinity, arching, arcuation, armpit, basin, boss, bowl, bump, cavity, circularity, colophon, concameration, concave, convexity, convolution, crater, crookedness, crypt, cup, curvation, curvature, curving, curvity, dactylogram, dactylograph, de-escalation, debasement, decurvation, decurvature, degradation, demotion, dent, depression, descent, detrusion, diminution, dint, dip, ducking, embossment, excrescence, excurvation, excurvature, fingerprint, fold, follicle, footmark, footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, funnel chest, hauling down, hole, hollow, hollow shell, hollowness, hookedness, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, incurvation, incurvature, incurvity, indent, indentation, indention, lacuna, lowering, lump, pad, paw print, pawmark, pimple, pit, pocket, print, pug, pugmark, punch bowl, recurvation, recurvature, recurvity, reduction, rondure, rotundity, sag, scoop, seal, shell, sigil, signet, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinking, sinuosity, sinuousness, sinus, socket, stamp, step, stud, submergence, thrusting under, thumbmark, thumbprint, tortuosity, tortuousness, trough, vaulting, vestige, vug ... show more.
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