Definition of Concave. Meaning of Concave. Synonyms of Concave

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Definition of Concave

Concave
Concave Con"cave (k[o^][ng]*k[=a]*v" or k[o^]n"-; 277), a. [L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow.] 1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. 2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.] As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. --Shak.
Concave
Concave Con"cave, n. [L. concavum.] 1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. Up to the fiery concave towering hight. --Milton. 2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.
Concave
Concave Con"cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. concaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Concaving.] To make hollow or concave.

Meaning of Concave from wikipedia

- Look up concave or concavity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Concave or concavity may refer to: Concave lens Concave mirror Concave function, the...
- In mathematics, a concave function is one for which the value at any convex combination of elements in the domain is greater than or equal to the convex...
- A simple polygon that is not convex is called concave, non-convex or reentrant. A concave polygon will always have at least one reflex interior angle—that...
- Log-concave may refer to: Logarithmically concave function Logarithmically concave measure Logarithmically concave sequence This disambiguation page lists...
- lens with two concave surfaces is biconcave (or just concave). If one of the surfaces is flat, the lens is plano-convex or plano-concave depending on the...
- been called the "concave" Hollow Earth hypothesis or skycentrism. Cyrus Teed, a doctor from upstate New York, proposed such a concave Hollow Earth in 1869...
- Convex and Concave is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in March 1955. It depicts an ornate architectural structure with...
- reflecting surface. The surface may be either convex (bulging outward) or concave (recessed inward). Most curved mirrors have surfaces that are shaped like...
- ∪{\displaystyle \cup } (or a straight line like a linear function), while a concave function's graph is shaped like a cap ∩{\displaystyle \cap }. A twice-differentiable...
- functions are used in the study of majorization. A function f is 'Schur-concave' if its negative, −f, is Schur-convex. Every function that is convex and...