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| biconvex |
convex on both surfaces, as a lens. |
| concave |
curved inward like the inside of a bowl. (Compare with "convex.") |
| concavo-convex |
concave on one side and convex on the other. [2 definitions] |
| convexity |
the state of being convex. [2 definitions] |
| convexo-concave |
convex on one side and concave on the other. [2 definitions] |
| convexo-convex |
convex on both sides; doubly convex. |
| fastback |
on an automobile, a sloping back curving from the top to the rear bumper in an unbroken convex line, or an automobile that has such a back. |
| koto |
a Japanese musical instrument consisting of thirteen waxed silk strings stretched over a convex wooden sounding board, played by plucking the strings with three plectra that are worn on one hand. |
| plano-convex |
having one flat and one convex side, as a lens. |
| reeding |
small convex moldings, as on a column. |
| torus |
a semicircular surface, or rounded ridge, or the solid it encloses, such as the convex molding surrounding the base of a column or the doughnut-shaped figure generated, in geometry, by a circle or an ellipse. |
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