Definitions

concavity

[kon-kav-i-tee] / kɒnˈkæv ɪ ti /

NOUN

depression

Synonyms

STRONG

hole impression indentation

Example Sentences

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One gag that holds up is the Great Concavity.

From Time Magazine Archive

In our way, there stood a great Stone about the Size of a large Oven, and hollow; this the Indians took great Notice of, putting some Tobacco into the Concavity, and spitting after it.

From A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. by Lawson, John

There we found one poor Soldier alive, who, upon his throwing in, had catch'd fast hold of some impending Bushes, and sav'd himself on a little Jutty within the Concavity.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel

Vocabulary lists containing concavity

AB Calculus

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Calculus, List 1

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BC Calculus

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