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concave adjective [ ˈkɒnkeɪv ]

• having an outline or surface that curves inwards like the interior of a circle or sphere.
• "concave lenses"
Similar: curved inwards, hollow, hollowed out, scooped out, depressed, sunken, indented, recessed, incurved, incurvate,
Opposite: convex,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin concavus, from con- ‘together’ + cavus ‘hollow’.


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