concave
Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
Other meanings
Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
Antonyms
- convex
Related words
- biconcave
- concavation
- concavification
- concavify
- concavoconcave
- convexoconcave
- nonconcave
- planoconcave
- proconcave
- pseudoconcave
- quasiconcave
- subconcave
Word history
From Latin "concavus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “concave” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.