pseudoconcave

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adjective

(said of a function) differentiable and decreasing in any direction where it has a negative directional derivative.

Opposite
pseudoconvex
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Meanings

adjectivepseudoconcave (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematics(said of a function) differentiable and decreasing in any direction where it has a negative directional derivative.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
pseudoconvex

Origin

From pseudo- + concave.

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APA

pseudoconcave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoconcave

MLA

“pseudoconcave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoconcave. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoconcave,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoconcave.

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