Concave

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Hollow; void of contents.

II. Concave ·vt To make hollow or concave.

III. Concave ·noun A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

IV. Concave ·noun A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

V. Concave ·adj Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted;

— said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

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