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concave function
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concave function [′kän‚kāv ′fəŋk·shən]
(mathematics)
A functionf(x) is said to be concave over the intervala,bif for any three pointsx1,x2,x3such thata<x1<x2<x3<b, f(x2)≥L(x2), whereL(x) is the equation of the straight line passing through the points [x1,f(x1)] and [x3,f(x3)].


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This indicates that the natural-scale relationships between adduct levels and benzene exposures were concave downward in all cases, as observed previously for BO-Alb and 1,4-BQ-Alb (Rappaport et al.
 
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