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biconvex

/bahy-kon-veks, bahy-kon-veks/US // baɪˈkɒn vɛks, ˌbaɪ kɒnˈvɛks //UK // (baɪˈkɒnvɛks, ˌbaɪkɒnˈvɛks) //

双凸面,双凸面的,双凸点,双凸面体

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : convex on both sides, as a lens.

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Examples

  • The atlas (fig. 71) is remarkable, consisting of four pieces, and the first caudal is biconvex.

  • The first caudal vertebra of modern Crocodilia is biconvex, and in the Chelonia all types of vertebral centra are found.

  • The coloured corpuscles of amphibia as well as of nearly all vertebrates below mammals are biconvex and elliptical.

  • The lens is biconvex in diurnal mammals, but in nocturnal and aquatic it is spherical.

  • The holochroal eyes are of two kinds, one with plano-convex and one with biconvex lenses.