How To Use Concavo-convex In A Sentence
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(Gr. [Greek: kissos], ivy), biconvex; xystroidal or sistroidal (Gr. [Greek: xystris], a tool for scraping), concavo-convex; amphicoelic
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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A steady-state example would be a concavo-convex slope profile with a concave lower portion and a convex upper slope typical of humid climates.
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The coins of these two Greek states in particular were for a long period concavo-convex disks, the convex side being in all instances the obverse.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
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Grain is orbicular to ovate, concavo-convex, red-brown, and transversely rugose.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
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The Fifth Metacarpal Bone (os metacarpale V; metacarpal bone of the little finger) (Fig. 233) presents on its base one facet on its superior surface, which is concavo-convex and articulates with the hamate, and one on its radial side, which articulates with the fourth metacarpal.
II. Osteology. 6b. 2. The Metacarpus
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Below the frontonasal suture is the bridge of the nose, convex from side to side, concavo-convex from above downward, and formed by the two nasal bones supported in the middle line by the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, and laterally by the frontal processes of the maxillæ which are prolonged upward between the nasal and lacrimal bones and form the lower and medial part of the circumference of each orbit.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
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The base presents a concavo-convex surface, for articulation with the greater multangular; it has no facets on its sides, but on its radial side is a tubercle for the insertion of the Abductor pollicis longus.
II. Osteology. 6b. 2. The Metacarpus
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Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
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(Gr. [Greek: kissos], ivy), biconvex; xystroidal or sistroidal (Gr. [Greek: xystris], a tool for scraping), concavo-convex; amphicoelic
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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Kokam butter, as found in the bazaars of India, consists of egg-shaped or concavo-convex cakes of a dirty white or yellowish colour, friable, crystalline, and with a greasy feel like spermaceti.
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A common fossil in the basal impure limestone beds is a bivalve that Silberling referred to as ‘an unidentified concavo-convex radially ribbed oysterlike pelecypod.’
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The _leaf-blade_ is narrow, rigid, thickly coriaceous, concavo-convex tapering from the base to the tip, spreading and recurved, 4 to 6 inches long.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
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In this variety the opposing surfaces are reciprocally concavo-convex.
III. Syndesmology. 3. Classification of Joints
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These two genera have concavo-convex profiles, with strongly convex ventral valves, whereas the new genus is plano-convex and has a gently convex ventral valve.
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Kokam butter, as found in the bazaars of India, consists of egg-shaped or concavo-convex cakes of a dirty white or yellowish colour, friable, crystalline, and with a greasy feel like spermaceti.
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Witchger's patent was for an improvement in the drum, where a coil spring and a casing constituted a tape controller enabling the concavo-convex tape ribbon to retract into the drum.
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On its anterior surface is a deeply concavo-convex facet, which articulates with the head of the malleus.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles
