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单词 concavities
释义

concavity

noun

con·​cav·​i·​ty kän-ˈka-və-tē How to pronounce concavity (audio)
plural concavities
1
: a concave line, surface, or space : hollow
2
: the quality or state of being concave

Synonyms

  • cavity
  • dent
  • depression
  • dint
  • hole
  • hollow
  • indentation
  • indenture
  • pit
  • recess
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Example Sentences

the concavity of the lens The lower back forms a concavity. The large concavities along the wall of the restaurant are like private rooms.
Recent Examples on the Web Trick skis are more likely to have a subtle concavity or flat bottom. Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2022 However, toward the edges, the concavity flattens out, allowing a flat surface for riding straight. Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2022 For those with gender dysphoria who are considering surgery, top surgery is often more in line with their aesthetic goals, as the technique prevents the side concavity and leaves some tissue that fills out the shadow or little fold in that area. Allure, 29 June 2021 The technique of this particular surgery leaves thinner skin flaps and a concavity on the lateral chest and can mean the total removal of the areola, which some people replace with tattoos. Allure, 29 June 2021 To serve labneh fresh, envision its cousins, hummus and baba ganoush, and schmear it on a platter into a round of attractive concavity, like an inverted Frisbee. James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2019 As the migraine attack ended, the swelling would recede and return to a concavity. Katherine Foxhall, Time, 18 June 2019 Volume loss under the eye and concavity is the usual cause of dark circles. Crystal Martin, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2017 It’s backlit (though leaky), and the island-style keys have a gentle concavity to them, making touch typing fairly easy. Christopher Null, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2012 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

concavity

noun

con·​cav·​i·​ty kän-ˈkav-ət-ē How to pronounce concavity (audio)
plural concavities
1
: a concave surface or space
2
: the quality or state of being concave

concavities

noun

plural of concavity
as in holes
a sunken area forming a separate space water collected in a shallow concavity on the floor of the cave

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • holes
  • cavities
  • dents
  • pits
  • depressions
  • hollows
  • indentations
  • furrows
  • recesses
  • grooves
  • valleys
  • trenches
  • dints
  • ditches
  • caverns
  • dimples
  • basins
  • clefts
  • caves
  • troughs
  • craters
  • indentures
  • alcoves
  • burrows
  • excavations
  • impressions
  • bowls
  • openings
  • pockets
  • nooks
  • gutters
  • gouges
  • sockets
  • alveoli
  • imprints
  • voids
  • abysses
  • potholes
  • niches
  • notches
  • boreholes
  • wells
  • sinkholes
  • vacuities
  • chasms
  • water holes
  • postholes
  • wallows
  • vacuums
  • chuckholes
  • gulfs
  • vacua

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • projections
  • protrusions
  • protuberances
  • bulges
  • convexities
  • hills
  • mounds
  • tumors
  • cambers
  • rises
  • swellings
  • juts
  • bumps
  • humps
  • lumps
  • swells
  • pimples
  • bunches
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