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Meaning of "biconcave" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BICONCAVE

biconcave  [baɪˈkɒnkeɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BICONCAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Biconcave is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BICONCAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lens (optics)

A lens is an optical device which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam. A simple lens consists of a single optical element. A compound lens is an array of simple lenses with a common axis; the use of multiple elements allows more optical aberrations to be corrected than is possible with a single element. Lenses are typically made of glass or transparent plastic. Elements which refract electromagnetic radiation outside the visual spectrum are also called lenses: for instance, a microwave lens can be made from paraffin wax. The variant spelling lense is sometimes seen. While it is listed as an alternative spelling in some dictionaries, most mainstream dictionaries do not list it as acceptable.

Definition of biconcave in the English dictionary

The definition of biconcave in the dictionary is having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BICONCAVE


behave
bɪˈheɪv
brave
breɪv
cave
keɪv
clave
kleɪv
concave
ˈkɒnkeɪv
concavo-concave
kɒnˌkeɪvəʊkɒnˈkeɪv
convexo-concave
kənˌvɛksəʊkɒnˈkeɪv
fave
feɪv
gave
ɡeɪv
grave
ɡreɪv
incave
ɪnˈkeɪv
lave
leɪv
microwave
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌweɪv
nave
neɪv
plano-concave
ˌpleɪnəʊˈkɒnkeɪv
rave
reɪv
save
seɪv
slave
sleɪv
they´ve
ðeɪv
wave
weɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BICONCAVE

bickerer
bickering
bickie
bicoastal
bicollateral
bicolor
bicolored
bicolour
bicoloured
bicomponent
biconcavity
biconditional
biconvex
biconvexity
bicorn
bicornate
bicornuate
bicorporate
bicron
bicultural

WORDS THAT END LIKE BICONCAVE

agave
Aladdin´s cave
ave
by your leave
crave
enclave
from the cradle to the grave
have
leave
must-have
new wave
octave
pave
snow cave
stave
suave
the grave
the New Wave
trave
weave

Synonyms and antonyms of biconcave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «biconcave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BICONCAVE

Find out the translation of biconcave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of biconcave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «biconcave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

双凹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bicóncava
570 millions of speakers

English

biconcave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उभयावतल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقعر الوجهين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двояковыпуклые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bicôncava
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুই দিকে বক্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

biconcave
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Biconcave
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bikonkave
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両凹の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

양면이 오목한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biconcave
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hai mặt lom
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருபுறக் குழிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिकॉनकव्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

biconcave
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

biconcave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwuwklęsły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двоопуклі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

biconcavă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφίκοιλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biconcave
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bikonkav
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

biconcave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of biconcave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BICONCAVE»

The term «biconcave» is normally little used and occupies the 122.602 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BICONCAVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «biconcave» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «biconcave» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about biconcave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BICONCAVE»

Discover the use of biconcave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to biconcave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Red Blood Cell Membranes: Structure: Function: Clinical ...
Because the normal biconcave disk possesses insufficient volume to assume a spherical shape, it is forced to dispose of some 40% excess membrane in accordance with minimum energy requirements. The biconcave discoid shape is the ...
Peter Agre, 1989
2
Neutron and X-ray Optics
Here, rm = R for spherical, biconcave lenses, and rm = RJ2 for parabolic, biconcave lenses. Application of the integral rule of Eq. (1.133), yields the average transmitted intensity I by CRLs with biconcave, spherical and parabolic lenses, where ...
Jay Theodore Cremer, Jr., 2013
3
Pediatric Radiological Signs
Biconcave vertebrae (At the upper and lower end-plates) Discitiis (Decreased disk space with adjacent end-plates destruction. Later-on, wedging and fusion of the adjacent verebrae) Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia (Bone dysplasia.
Michael Grunebaum, 2005
4
Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins: A Search for Origins
If the state is uncertain, alternative possible states are listed Extant strepsirrhines1 Omomyids Tarsuis Cercopithecoidea Hylobates Large in Lemur, Cheirogaleus2 Biconcave & transversely wide weak Character not applicable absent Large in ...
John G Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert, 2007
5
Neutron and X-ray Microscopy [electronic Resource]
The biconcave parabolic lenses of aluminum and beryllium provide highquality magnification due to the lack of spherical aberration Beryllium lenses are especially valuable in that beryllium has a significantly smaller X-ray attenuation cross ...
Jay Theodore Cremer (Jr.), 2012
6
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics
The angular change A6 of the X-ray or neutron wave vector k by refraction at the input interface surface of the spherical biconcave lens increases relative to the normal pointing out of the lens into the air of vacuum, where d1 8dtS r6 ...
‎2012
7
Optics of Biological Particles: Proceedings of the NATO ...
The viscoelastic structure of a human RBC enables its shape change in response to different shear or physiologic conditions, which can lead to significant pathologic consequences.55 In modeling the biconcave shape and related symmetric ...
Alfons Hoekstra, Valeri Maltsev, Gorden Videen, 2007
8
Principles of Physiology
An RBC is a non-nucleated, circular, biconcave, disc-shaped cell. 2. Its diameter is. on an average, 7.2 |im, range being 6-8.8 p.m. 3. In profile, it is biconcave with the centre thinnest having a thickness of about 1 |im. The peripheral parts are ...
D. Pramanik
9
Clinical Imaging: With Skeletal, Chest and Abdomen Pattern ...
889] Metastatic bone deposition and subsequent tumor growth may weaken the vertebrae promoting endplate impaction, producing a biconcave deformity; metastasis typically occurs in patients over the age of 40 years and is more common in ...
Dennis Marchiori, 2004
10
How to Find Your Light of Ecstasy Within: The Simple Way to ...
two biconvex shapes you automatically create the biconcave lens between them, okay? Now one more point to make. If you make the biconvex football shapes larger you'll create more heat and at the same time make the biconcave lens ...
Bill Dugger, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BICONCAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term biconcave is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Miniature Landscapes Through the Looking Glass
... the piece of glass inset into the wall, separating the viewer from the diorama, is actually composed of two biconcave lenses stacked together. «Hyperallergic, Feb 15»
2
DAVID KEISLER: The wonders of the red blood cell
RBCs are produced in our bone marrow are biconcave in shape and do not contain a nucleus. Therefore they do not contain DNA because of ... «Aiken Standard, Dec 14»
3
Malaria: Blood cells behaving badly
All the billions of flat, biconcave disks in our body known as red blood cells (or erythrocytes) make three basic, tumbling-treadmill-type motions ... «Phys.Org, Jun 14»
4
Red blood cells 'shape shift' to form many-sided structures during …
Traditionally considered to be biconcave discs, red blood cells have been shown to change their shape when tightly packed in a blood clot. «UPI.com, Jan 14»
5
Listening to Blood Cells
Deviations from the regular biconcave shape of a red blood cell are a significant indicator of blood-related diseases, whether they result from ... «Photonics.com, Jul 13»
6
Lasers Could Help Identify Malaria and Other Diseases Early
Kolios' team's method works best with red blood cells because of their biconcave shape, which gives them the unique ability to absorb light ... «Science Now, Jul 13»
7
How to Farm Brine Shrimps
When quiescent cysts are immersed in lower salinity water, the biconcave cysts hydrate, becoming spherical and the shelled embryo resumes ... «TheFishSite.com, Sep 12»
8
Stem cell breakthrough could end shortage of vital blood cells
He said: "Amazingly, we show that they're even biconcave-shaped disks just like the real thing. Importantly, we demonstrated the platelets ... «Independent, Jan 11»
9
Garlock Sealing Technologies Announces the Addition of an …
The Garlock EnDuroTM design core features a unique and patent pending biconcave surface incorporated within a Garlock Sealing ... «PR Web, Jan 11»
10
A history of the telescope
Lipperhey's design was biconcave, two concave lenses arranged so as to compress incoming light into a smaller area, where it would appear ... «Ars Technica, Jun 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Biconcave [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/biconcave>. Apr 2024 ».
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