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Concave vs Indented - What's the difference?

concave | indented |

As adjectives the difference between concave and indented

is that concave is curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl while indented is cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

As verbs the difference between concave and indented

is that concave is to render concave, or increase the degree of concavity while indented is past tense of indent.

As a noun concave

is a concave surface or curve.

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 ----

    indented

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (indent)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
  • Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
    • (Milton)
  • * 1599 , , IV. iii. 113:
    • it unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush:
  • (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
    • an indented border or ordinary
  • Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
    • an indented servant
  • (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

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