Word: pseudoconcave
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pseu
do
con
cave
Definition: (said of a function) differentiable and decreasing in any direction where it has a negative directional derivative.
Morphemes:
Affix: pseudo-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Not a true, appearing like a true
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