# concavo-convex definition

• adjective:
• Concave using one side and convex on the other.
• Having greater curvature on concave side than on convex part. Applied of a lens.
• having one part concave and also the other convex
• Concave using one side and convex on the other side, as an eggshell or a crescent.
• especially, having such a variety of concave and convex sides since helps make the focal axis the shortest range between them. See Illust. under Lens.
• concave on a single side and convex on the other with all the concavity becoming more than the convexity
• others:
• Concave using one part and convex on the other. A concavo-convex lens is a lens where the convex face features a smaller curvature as compared to concave face, so your previous tends constantly from the latter. See convex.

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• Sentence for "concavo-convex"
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• Cross Reference for "concavo-convex"
• concavo-concave
• Equivalent for "concavo-convex"
• concave
• Variant for "concavo-convex"
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