Search results for "Concave" - New World Encyclopedia
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- convex, (pushed out) but is actually concave (pushed in).]] illusion in which the perception of a concave mask of a face appears as ...7 KB (1,100 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- spot. For a diverging lens (for example a concave lens), the focal length ... surface is convex, and negative if it is concave. The value of R2 is positive ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 20:48, 19 October 2022
- in and out" between a convex cube and a concave "corner." This corresponds to the two possible orientations of the coordinate system ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 00:41, 29 November 2023
- through the action of the drum against the concave, a shaped "half drum ... the sieves. The straw exits the top of the concave onto the straw walkers. ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 00:04, 8 January 2024
- A spoon lure is, in sport fishing, an oblong, concave metal piece ... of the spoon lure is simple; an oblong, concave metal piece with a shiny ...10 KB (1,609 words) - 17:31, 28 March 2024
- *Roman tiles - flat in the middle, with a concave curve at one end ... laid in alternating columns of convex and concave tiles. ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- *Concave: Non-convex and simple. polygon must be simple, and may be convex or concave. * Self-intersecting: ...23 KB (3,520 words) - 08:42, 24 November 2022
- fin. The anterior spines are much longer, giving a concave outline to the spiny part of the dorsal fin. The bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) also have extremely ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- lotuses.” Bound feet would bend, becoming so concave they were sometimes described as "lotus hooks." The binding process caused intense ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- with a diameter of five feet. The ball sits in a concave foundation. If an earthquake occurs, the ground can move up to 20 inches in any direction, ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 04:21, 11 January 2023
- believed to have discovered the benefits of concave lens in the treatment of myopia (nearsightedness). However, it was not until 1604 that Johannes Kepler ...22 KB (3,347 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- The hind end of the caudal fin is forked or concave. It is set at the end of a stout peduncle. The pectoral fins are placed low down on the sides ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- than at the edges (that is, it would be a concave meniscus). In a situation ... :* \scriptstyle \theta is the contact angle, where a concave meniscus ...28 KB (4,404 words) - 23:53, 26 February 2023
- has been described as crescent-shaped, lunate, or concave. ... 1953). The end of the caudal fin is concave, not rounded. It lacks dorsal ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- A simpler system, developed later, uses a concave disc (or a pair of them) set at a large angle to the direction of progress, that uses the concave ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- *Negator spring - a thin metal band slightly concave in cross-section. When coiled it adopts a flat cross-section but when unrolled it returns ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- fur and having a noticeable shoulder hump and a concave face. The most widely distributed member of the bear family, Ursidae, it is found in much of ...31 KB (4,742 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- spaces which emphasize the convex and concave aspects of the body, at ... through the body in order to explore the concave and convex shapes. These ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 07:50, 22 January 2024
- of most such gears is that the tooth tops are concave, so that the gear partly envelopes the worm. A further development is to make the worm concave ...33 KB (5,689 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- placing them on the index finger with the concave side upward and raising ... plungers made of flexible plastic; the concave end is raised to the eye ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 02:44, 8 January 2024
