EGAVE

concavity

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The state of being concave.
    The concavity of the bowl was crucial for storing water in Paleolithic times.
  2. noun A concave structure or surface.
    The pumice had small concavities called vesicles inside it.

Similar words

concaveness concave shape concavo-convexity quasiconcavity convexity convexedness convexness biconcavity dish pseudoconcavity

Often followed by

of in is and on or at to directed

Word family

concavities

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