A gap between tissue layers naturally forms a biconvex shape, which is optically and mechanically ideal for substances of normal refractive index.
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There is even doubt as to whether the biconvex shape of the mid-limbs is due to poor preservation in the bogs.
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The culms are erect, biconvex, glabrous, smooth with a width of between and, they are also quite sharp on the edges.
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The shell of " Anostoma " is heliciform, biconvex, solid, the axis hollow, but imperforate in the adult stage.
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In the Pleurodira, these vertebrae are narrow in cross-section and spool-shaped with biconvex centra on one or more of the cervicals.
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"Acrimeroceras " has a shell like that of " Paratornoceras " with biconvex growth lines and constrictions and simple dorsal lobe.
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Unlike other insects, fleas do not possess compound eyes but instead only have simple eyespots with a single biconvex lens; some species lack eyes altogether.
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"' Somphospondylans "'are an extinct clade of biconvex distal caudal vertebrae; humerus anterolateral corner " squared "; among multiple others.
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After the 1995 find of a Luwian biconvex seal at Troy VII, there has been a heated discussion over the language that was spoken in Homeric Troy.
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Giambattista della Porta added a lenticular crystal or biconvex lens to the camera obscura description in the 1589 second edition of " Magia Naturalis ".