Plano-convex

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:



  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) 2.0 [wn]:

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