[ US /ˈkɑnkeɪv, kɑnˈkeɪv/ ]
[ UK /kɒnkˈe‍ɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. curving inward
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How To Use concave In A Sentence

  • Ribs are straight or slightly biconcave and fade on the ventral surface where they merge into the lateral keel.
  • The cup-marked stone shown below, in the Sma’ Glen, near Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, is situated in a large man-made concave-shaped amphitheatre in the hills, and has a prominent dumb-bell shaped cup-mark on its surface.
  • When healthy subjects looked at the concave faces, connections strengthened between the frontoparietal network, which is involved in top-down processing, and the visual areas of the brain that receive information from the eyes. Multi Medium
  • He is shown seated before his famous invention: a ruling machine for producing concave diffraction gratings, which are slightly curved metal plates scored with minutely spaced lines that diffract light into spectra.
  • From the tastefully appointed mosaic inlays and concaved walls adorned with statues and his paintings, the mosaic swimming pool and Japanese garden with plenty of creature comforts, make for unforgettable ambiance. San Antonio
  • Made of Austenitic stainless steel. There is no dead angle, no concave - convex face.
  • It presents a large, smooth, concave surface, called the iliac fossa, which gives origin to the Iliacus and is perforated at its inner part by a nutrient canal; and below this a smooth, rounded border, the arcuate line, which runs downward, forward, and medialward. II. Osteology. 6c. The Bones of the Lower Extremity. 1. The Hip Bone
  • Such cases are known as nearsightedness and are corrected by having placed in front of the eyes concave lenses of the proper strength. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners
  • Already, too, from the piers, it would be able to be seen that the two slaves hung (pg. 426) from the outjutting display beams on either side of the concave bow of the Tais. Renegades Of Gor
  • The structure, designed by John B. Jervis, had blank walls, huge central and corner pylons, and a blank cavetto cornice, a concave bracket that lines the edge of many ancient Egyptian temples and facades. 19th-Century Egyptian Revivalism
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