Word: quasiconcave
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: qua
si
con
cave
Definition: said of a function, if the inverse image of any set of the form (a,∞) for that function is a convex set.
Morphemes:
Affix: quasi-
Language: en
Meaning: to some degree
Etymology Compounds: Affix: quasi
Language: la
Decoded: quasi
Meaning: almost, as it were
Affix: concave
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: cavus
Language: la
Decoded: cavus
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: hollow, concave