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What is the noun for concavity?

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concave
  1. A concave surface or curve.
  2. The vault of the sky.
  3. One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
  4. (manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
  5. (surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
  6. (skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
concavity
  1. (uncountable) The state of being concave
  2. (countable) A concave structure or surface
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Scanning electron micrographs of the discs of the tube feet of Odontaster validus revealed varying degrees of concavity.”
      “The labial surfaces of the plates are smooth, slightly convex both mesially and distally with a shallow concavity between.”
      “Then the T wave becomes broad and the ST segment elevates, losing its normal concavity.”
concaveness
  1. the state of being concave; concavity
  2. Examples:
    1. “Design features rounded edges and concaveness, to promote tight sealing.”
concavation
  1. The act of making concave.
concavations
  1. plural of concavation
concavities
  1. plural of concavity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The shape of Taormina is a geometry of interlocking and contrapuntal curves and concavities with various centres and focal points.”
      “There are usually no holes all the way through but lots of protuberances and concavities.”
      “These are broad concavities in the ambitus that could be considered precursors to the ambulacral notches of certain mellitids.”
concaves
  1. plural of concave
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