Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Convex on both sides or surfaces.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Convex on both sides; doubly convex, as a lens. See
lens .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Convex on both sides.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having both sides
convex
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
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Carton containing a blister strip containing 21 yellow film-coated biconvex tablets and 7 white film-coated biconvex tablets calender pack.
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Carton containing a blister strip containing 21 yellow film-coated biconvex tablets and 7 white film-coated biconvex tablets calender pack.
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On the biconvex hieroglyphic seal found at Troy, see J.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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On the biconvex hieroglyphic seal found at Troy, see J.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Where two toes overlap, it will be observed that there is a deeper shadow, like the section of a biconvex lens.
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The _crystalline lens_ is a transparent, biconvex body sustained by the ciliary processes.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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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 Various
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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.
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Grain is narrow, obovoid, biconvex, with two grooves on the anterior side and with a long embryo.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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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.
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