concaveとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒŋ.keɪv/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋ.keɪv/

形容詞

concave (comparative more concave, superlative most concave)

1. curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
2. (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
3. (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
4. hollow; empty
   • c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:

     as concave […] as a worm-eaten nut

反意語

• convex

派生語

• concavely
• concaveness
• concavity

名詞

concave (複数形 concaves)

1. A concave surface or curve.
2. The vault of the sky.
3. One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.

   Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661).

4. (manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
5. (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
6. (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
7. (gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.

   Coordinate term: convex

動詞

concave (三人称単数 現在形 concaves, 現在分詞 concaving, 過去形および過去分詞形 concaved)

1. To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.

派生語

• concaver