planoconvex

3 definitions found

planoconvex - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Plano-convex \Pla"no-con"vex\, a. [Plano- + convex.]
     Plane or flat on one side, and convex on the other; as, a
     plano-convex lens. See Convex, and Lens.
     [1913 Webster]

  bulging \bulging\ adj.
     1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
        [Narrower terms: biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,  lentiform
        ; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave;
        gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
  
     Syn: convex.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. curving outward.
  
     Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
          [WordNet 1.5]

planoconvex - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  planoconvex
      adj 1: flat on one side and convex on the other