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Where does “concavity” come from?

Concavity comes from Old French concavité, meaning a hollow or curved inward surface.

concavity (English): The state of being concave; A concave structure...

Definitions

  1. The state of being concave; A concave structure...

Ancestry of “concavity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconcavité—

Words derived from “concavity”

  • biconcavity
  • quasiconcavity
  • pseudoconcavity
Every word from Old French concavité →