concave
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The digital replica shows that some of the boilers are concave, which suggests they were still operating as they were plunged into the water.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
It only uses 1.0 gpf, with the help of two strong jets concealed in a concave rim beneath the seat that create a strong swirl during the flush.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025
The team synthesized concave, umbrella-like metal complexes that could shield the rotor molecule from unwanted interactions with other molecules in the crystal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
On the top and bottom of the cylinder, the metal had been pushed up in a concave shape, thrust out from pressure on the inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
In an unobstructed sky the clouds seem more massive, sometimes grandly reflecting the earth’s curvature on their concave undersides.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
In the second book of his Dark Star trilogy, James coaxes beauty from dark thoughts, leaving readers with a concaved, mystical and African-inspired world that begins in free-fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
In the eyes now glaring at them malevolently through heavily concaved spectacles they read hate unutterable.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Harry Bates
The surface between the bearing surface and the inner edge of the shoe is often beaten down or concaved to prevent pressure too far inward upon the sole.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Dorsal fins of this species may also be rounded on the tip but all are sharply concaved on the rear margin.
From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by David Caldwell
As pointed out elsewhere, it cannot be the concaved type of wing, or its shape, or relative size to the weight it must carry.
From Aeroplanes by James Slough Zerbe
The world below looked like a vast, shallow bowl, the sides concaving upwards around him to the horizon.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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Fallen Angels
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