biconvex

• “Carton containing a blister strip containing 21 yellow film-coated biconvex tablets and 7 white film-coated biconvex tablets calender pack.”

  Archive 2007-08-01

• “On the biconvex hieroglyphic seal found at Troy, see J.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Trojan War

• “(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

• “The form in most general use is that known as the Abbé (Fig. 47) and consists of a plano-convex lens mounted above a biconvex lens.”

  The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.

• “Grain is narrow, obovoid, biconvex, with two grooves on the anterior side and with a long embryo.”

  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses

• “Where two toes overlap, it will be observed that there is a deeper shadow, like the section of a biconvex lens.”

  McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896

• “The _crystalline lens_ is a transparent, biconvex body sustained by the ciliary processes.”

  Common Diseases of Farm Animals

• “When divided horizontally, it exhibits, to some extent, the appearance of a biconvex lens (Fig. 742), while a coronal section of its central part presents a somewhat triangular outline.”

  IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon

• “The lens is a transparent, biconvex body, the convexity of its anterior being less than that of its posterior surface.”

  X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 2. The Refracting Media

• “The third or solid refracting medium is a biconvex lens, with its convexity greatest on its posterior surface, which is lodged in a depression in the vitreous humor, while its anterior surface corresponds to the opening of the pupil.”

  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

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