concavity
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concavity (kɒnˈkævɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the state or quality of being concave |
| 2. | a concave surface or thing; cavity |
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Concavity
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
concavity
late 15c., from Fr. concavité (14c.), from L. concavitas, from concavus "hollow" (see concave).
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Medical Dictionary
concavity con·cav·i·ty (kŏn-kāv'ĭ-tē)
n.
A hollow or depression that is curved like the inner surface of a sphere.
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Example sentences
Understand points of inflection as places where concavity changes.
The recurrent branches arise from the concavity of the deep volar arch.
The lateral surface is convex in adaptation to the concavity of the corresponding half of the vault of the cranium.
The membrane is concave outward, and the point of deepest concavity-the umbo-is slightly below the center.
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