different between concave vs falcata

English

Etymology

From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??ke?v/

Adjective

concave (comparative more concave, superlative most concave)

1. curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
2. (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
3. (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
4. hollow; empty

Antonyms

• convex

Derived terms

• concavely
• concaveness
• concavity

Translations

Noun

concave (plural concaves)

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.

   Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661).

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.
7. (gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.

   Coordinate term: convex

Translations

Verb

concave (third-person singular simple present concaves, present participle concaving, simple past and past participle concaved)

1. To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.

Derived terms

• concaver

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French concave, borrowed from Latin concavus.

Adjective

concave (plural concaves)

1. concave

Descendants

• ? Turkish: konkav

Further reading

• “concave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

concave

1. feminine plural of concavo

Latin

Adjective

concave

1. vocative masculine singular of concavus

English

Noun

falcata (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.

Translations

Anagrams

• Calafat

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from English falcata, from Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?l?ka?.ta?/
• Hyphenation: fal?ca?ta

Noun

falcata f (plural falcata's)

1. (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.

Italian

Noun

falcata f (plural falcate)

1. (athletics) stride (of a runner)

Adjective

falcata

1. feminine singular of falcato

Latin

Adjective

falc?ta

1. nominative feminine singular of falc?tus
2. nominative neuter plural of falc?tus
3. accusative neuter plural of falc?tus
4. vocative feminine singular of falc?tus
5. vocative neuter plural of falc?tus

Adjective

falc?t?

1. ablative feminine singular of falc?tus

References

• falcata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Coined in 1872 by Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faw?ka.ta/

Noun

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata (ancient Iberian sword)
   • 1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255:

     A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.

     The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.

Related terms

• espada, gládio, foice

Spanish

Etymology

Coined in 1872 by the Spanish historian and archaeologist Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal?kata/, [fal?ka.t?a]

Noun

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata
   • 2003, Laura Alcalá-Zamora, La necrópolis ibérica de Pozo Moro, in Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana, page 123.