Curved+outward

  • 1Curved mirror — Reflections in a spherical convex mirror. The photographer is seen reflected at top right A curved mirror is a mirror with a curved reflective surface, which may be either convex (bulging outward) or concave (bulging inward). Most curved mirrors… …

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  • 2ex|curved — «ehks KURVD», adjective. Zoology. curved outward, or away from the disk or center of a part or organ: »an excurved margin, an excurved mark …

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  • 3convex — curved outward, e.g. a fin in which the middle rays are longer than the outer rays. Opposite to concave …

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  • 4Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 5bow — bow1 bowedness, n. bowingly, adv. /bow/, v.i. 1. to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment. 2. to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable. 3. to bend or curve downward;… …

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  • 6hammerhead shark — Any of the swift, powerful sharks in the family Sphyrnidae, having a broad, flattened, hammer or spade shaped head, with the eyes and nostrils at the ends of the sidewise projections. Widely distributed in all oceans, in warm and temperate waters …

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  • 7con·vex·i·ty — /kənˈvɛksəti/ noun, pl ties technical 1 [noncount] : the quality or state of being curved outward : the quality or state of being convex the convexity of the lens 2 [count] : a shape that is curved outward : a convex shape the convexities along… …

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  • 8Fork — For other uses, see Fork (disambiguation). Assorted forks. From left to right: dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, carving fork …

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  • 9concave, convex — Concave means curved inward, and convex means curved outward. That is, concave means having a surface that is curved or rounded inward, like a segment of the interior of a hollow sphere or circle. In keeping the meaning of concave straight, it… …

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  • 10bow — I [[t]baʊ[/t]] v. i. 1) to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, or salutation 2) to yield; submit: to bow to the inevitable[/ex] 3) to bend or curve downward; stoop: The pines bowed low[/ex] 4) to bend or… …

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