κοίλος — meaning in English

English meaning

• concave adj Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
• hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.

Senses

κοίλος is used for these senses in English:

• concave Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
• hollow (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

concave — full definition

1. adj Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.
2. adj Not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
3. adj Satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
4. adj Hollow; empty.

hollow — full definition

1. noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
2. noun An empty space or cavity inside something.
3. adj Having an empty space inside; not solid.
4. adj Insincere or lacking real meaning or substance.
5. verb To dig or carve out a hole or cavity in something.

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