Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biconcave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: bi-con-cave
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having both sides that are concave.

Example Sentences

"a biconcave lens"
"the biconcave vertebrae"
"Red blood cells are biconcave."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English concave English biconcave From bi- + concave.

Synonyms

concave concavoconcave concavo-concave

Antonyms

biconvex

Questions

What does biconcave mean?: Having both sides that are concave.
Where does biconcave come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English concave English biconcave From bi- + concave.

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