2. Verb. (third-person singular of concave) ¹
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Definition of Concaves
1. concave [v] - See also: concave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concaves
Literary usage of Concaves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1869)
"... turned true from one chucking, and the concaves of equal thickness and concentric
with their respective convex lenses, no errors of centering can occur. ..."
2. A Text Book of Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1909)
"After this head is worn so that the rock is too large new concaves are set in
with the second head. At some mills a new head is first mounted and with it ..."
3. Encyclopedia of Engineering: A Treatise on Boilers, Steam Engines, the by International School of Engineering (1906)
"It may be remembered that the cylinder teeth carry the straw to the concaves,
and the concaves do the threshing. THE concaves. The concaves are to be ..."
4. Farm Engines and how to Run Them: The Young Engineer's Guide by James Henry Stevenson (1903)
"THE concaves. - The concaves are to be adjusted to suit the kind of grain threshed.
When desiring to adjust concaves, lift them up a few times and drop so ..."
5. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"Routine of Managing Heads and concaves on Spindle Breakers.—In Mill 66, three
sets of concaves of varying thickness are used. A new head is first mounted ..."
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