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Concave vs Concavation - What's the difference?

concave | concavation |

As nouns the difference between concave and concavation

is that concave is a concave surface or curve while concavation is the act of making concave.

As an adjective concave

is curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

As a verb concave

is to render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.

concave

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
  • (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees..
  • (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
  • hollow; empty
  • * Shakespeare
  • as concave as a worm-eaten nut

    Antonyms

    * convex

    Derived terms

    * concavely * concaveness * concavity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A surface or curve.
  • The vault of the sky.
  • One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
  • Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661).
  • (industry) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
  • (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
  • (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
  • Verb

    (concav)
  • To render , or increase the degree of concavity.
  • Derived terms

    * concaver ----

    concavation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of making concave.
  • (Webster 1913)