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planoconvex

planoconvex adjective: having one side plane and the other convex.

Adjective

planoconvex (not comparable)

  1. Having one side plane and the other convex.
    • I place my Microscope, and then so place either a round Globe of Water, or a very deep clear plano convex Glass (whose convex side is turn'd towards the Window) that there is a great quantity of Rayes collected and thrown upon the Object […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia
    Synonyms:
    convexoplane

Synonyms of planoconvex

Origin of planoconvex

From plano- + convex.

Questions about planoconvex

What does planoconvex mean?
Planoconvex means having one side plane and the other convex.
What part of speech is planoconvex?
Planoconvex is an adjective.

Words near planoconvex in the dictionary

  1. planoccipital
  2. planocerid
  3. planocerids
  4. planoconcave
  5. planoconical
  6. planoconvex
  7. planocraniid
  8. planocraniids
  9. planoepithelial
  10. planogamete
  11. planogametes

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