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for planoconvex
From The 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
planoconvex
adj 1: flat on one side and convex on the other
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