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Such lenses are called convex or converging lenses. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
The bowed t bar also called a convex t bar is usually found either in the center or the top of the stem. From Wordnik.com. [Graphology at Home – Lesson 4 – the “t” Bar « English Lesson Plans « Free Lesson Plans « Literacy News] Reference
Those are tools useful in the field of convex processing, and more precisely to solve a problem called convex feasbility. From Wordnik.com. [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference
Leipsic, Essling, and Brienne he used a kind of convex order very like. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of War] Reference
Emphasis is on route planning and recognizing dangerous terrain features such as convex rolls, gullies and wind-loaded slopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
And the winds and sunbeams, with their convex gleams. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The convex lens is that used to correct farsightedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Umbonate: Having a central convex nipple-like elevation (Fig. 143, h). From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
convex: Surface the segment of a circle, but very flatly convex (Fig. 143, c). From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] 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
Pulvinate: Surface the segment of a circle, but decidedly convex (Fig. 143, d). From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Bullate: Like a blistered surface, rising in convex prominences, rather coarse. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Grain is orbicular to ovate, concavo-convex, red-brown, and transversely rugose. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The grain is oblong, brownish, dorsally concave and ventrally raised and convex. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The second glume is thinner than the first, broadly ovate, acute and gibbously convex. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Follow up the vertical line from 70° until it intersects with the convex curve marked 8°. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The undulating convex and concave design cues give this ragtop a more athletic, masculine vibe. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test | Bmw Z4] Reference
On the vertical line for 70° find the intersection with the hygrometer (convex) curve for 8°. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] 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
This does away with the necessity for the empirical convex curves and wet-and-dry-bulb readings. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] 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
Col. Mangin's projector consists of a glass mirror with double curvature, silvered upon its convex face. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
She saw the camera with the red light on it, she looked right into its black, unblinking, convex eye. From Wordnik.com. [Cellphone Girl (Part II)] Reference
Therefore, the hygrometer (convex) curves are ordinarily more useful in determining relative humidities. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] 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
At one end of this tube there is a tiny square hole, the opposite end carrying a small convex lens, of such. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
Remove one of the oysters from the sterile glass dish and place it, resting on its convex shell, on the towel. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The convex part of the scales forms a depressed pyramid, with rounded angles, the summit of which is umbilical. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
The superior face shows two shallow cavities, and the inferior two convex surfaces separated by a median groove. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
I have never seen any mountain prospect resembling that of the deep ravine (abyss?) with its convex mountain-sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The convex extremity of the cannon bone meets shallow depressions in the superior extremity of the first digital bone. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
For small bird groups, and singles and pairs of game birds, the oval convex glasses probably present the finest appearance. 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
When the muscle contracts it allows the lens to bulge forward by virtue of its elasticity, and, therefore, become more convex. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
The convex mirrors overhead will aid you in viewing the portions of the cabin you may not be able to see from your position. From Wordnik.com. [Non-Stop Service] Reference
= Lens Nearsight Focus = shows the lens bulging forward and very convex; = Lens Farsight Focus = shows it flat and less convex. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
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