Convex
121concavo-convex — /kon kay voh kon veks /, adj. 1. Also, convexo concave. concave on one side and convex on the other. 2. Optics. pertaining to or noting a lens in which the concave face has a greater degree of curvature than the convex face. [1670 80; < L… …
122concavo-convex — [kän kā′vōkän veks′] adj. 1. concave on one side and convex on the other 2. Optics designating a lens whose concave face has a greater degree of curvature than its convex face, so that the lens is thinnest in the middle …
123biconvex convexo-convex lenticular lentiform — bulging ulging adj. 1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of {concave}. [Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo convex, lenticular, lentiform}; {broken backed, hogged}; {convexo concave}; {gibbous, gibbose}; {planoconvex}] Also See: {protrusive}.… …
124Double convex — Double Dou ble (d[u^]b l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo os double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.]… …
125convexo-convex — /keuhn vek soh kon veks /, adj. convex on both sides; biconvex. [CONVEXO + CONVEX] * * * …
126plano-convex — /play noh kon veks, kon veks , keuhn /, adj. Optics. pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other. See diag. under lens. [1655 65; PLANO 1 + CONVEX] * * * …
127concavo-convex — adj concave on one side and convex on the other …
128plano-convex — pla·no con·vex (.)kän veks, kän ., kən adj flat on one side and convex on the other <a plano convex lens> …
