concavo-convex

1. 1.

   concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity

   Similarconcave

Questions about concavo-convex

What does concavo-convex mean?

concavo-convex means "concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity".

How many syllables are in concavo-convex?

concavo-convex has 5 syllables and divides as con-ca-vo--con-vex under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is concavo-convex a common word?

concavo-convex is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.