It flowed in a gentle concave from the road up the mountain, its farther boundary an unbroken line of timber. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 17] Reference
That surface of the bow which faces the string when drawn into action, that is, the concave arc, is called the belly of the bow. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting with the Bow and Arrow] Reference
The last three types, called concave lenses, scatter parallel rays so that they do not come to a focus, but diverge widely after passage through the lens. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
This "concave" image is from the roof of the mosque next to the Taj Mahal in Agra. 50mm, wide open at f/1.4. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress Planet] Reference
The concave is the sensitive side. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
Framed in the opening was what seemed to be a large concave mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
The forms were convex and concave sections 7½ ft. high and about 11 ft. long. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The stalagmites were all a little concave, and the cavities were filled with water. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Domec uses an elliptical eye cup, the concave margins of which fit closely about the globe. From Wordnik.com. [Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913] Reference
The undulating convex and concave design cues give this ragtop a more athletic, masculine vibe. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test | Bmw Z4] Reference
Disposition has also its concave and convex lenses, which magnify some things and minify others. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
If they be Fistulaes or other concave Holes, that you cannot come at them, to wash them, then take a. From Wordnik.com. [Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented.] Reference
I know how to be concave when the other is pointed and how to be convex when the other lacks something. From Wordnik.com. [The Mogul Versus the Mayor] Reference
The anterior face is convex and cribbled by openings, and the inferior face is concave, forming the sole. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The day had arrived, the morning had dawned with a clear sky, and heaven's concave shone in unclouded blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca] Reference
Some persons are found now who think the hollow or concave front of the book is made by trimming it in that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
My peep-hole displayed a rounded version of Everett, his dark framed glasses appearing bug-like in the concave glass. From Wordnik.com. [Heavenly Blue Morning Glory] Reference
At nine years old, the point of the tusk is worn off, and the part that was concave begins to fill up and become rounded. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
There is on the market a papier mache background also adapted to any picture frame, called the "concave dust proof case.". From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Then the nearest concave curve gives the weight of water in grains per cubic foot when the air is cooled to the dew-point. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The wall shows prominent ridges or rings, the toe may be concave, thick and long and the sole less arched than usual, or convex. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The flight is rapid and accompanied by a startling whirr, caused by the quick strokes of their small, concave, stiff-feathered wings. From Wordnik.com. [Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [August, 1897] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life] Reference
Then follow up parallel to the nearest concave curve until the top horizontal (indicating 100 per cent relative humidity) is reached. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Those injuring walnuts lay their eggs on the concave side of crescent-shaped punctures which they eat in the husks of the young nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
Let an ordinarily concave thalamus remain, from defective development, flat, and how great the change in the appearance of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The concave or outside forms were made in 16 panels, with horizontal ribs and vertical lagging; two complete rings of panels were used. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The faces of the octagon are concave, and without decoration, except that towards the east, which displays a star in a sunk gilded panel. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
Forward, almost exactly like the front set of wings of the dragon fly, was the large, main plane, with the concave turn toward the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference
He advanced his bony hand, gnarled and mean with useless abstemiousness and miserable abnegations, and revolved the button in the concave. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
In the transverse section of the stem the outline is ovate, laterally compressed, obtusely keeled at the back and somewhat concave in the front. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The design contrasts with many shoe makers who have turned to cupped or concave soles with carbon that curves up around the edges and perimeter. From Wordnik.com. [Tech Feature – Giro launches full line of cycling shoes] Reference
Its apex is internal, and close to the pubic spine; its base is external, sharp and concave, and in apposition with the sheath of the femoral vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Inside, each apartment features a dining room with a grainy, surfaced floor that slopes erratically, a sunken kitchen and a study with a concave floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Discomforts of Home] Reference
The lower end of the root, which swells out into a knob, named the bulb, is concave in shape underneath, so as to fit on top of the projecting papilla. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
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