About The Word Convex
Learn about the word Convex to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Convex definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Convex
| Convex Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Convex?
[adj] curving or bulging outward
Synonyms | Synonyms for Convex: bell-shaped | biconvex | broken-backed | bulging | convexo-concave | convexo-convex | gibbose | gibbous | hogged | lenticular | lentiform | planoconvex | umbelate | umbellike Related Terms | Find terms related to Convex: arched | arciform | arclike | arcual | bandy | bellied | bellylike | bowed | bowlike | bulging | concave | convexed | embowed | excurvate | excurvated | excurved | gibbose | gibbous | humpbacked | humped | humpy | hunched | hunchy | out-bowed | oxbow | rotund | round | rounded | rounded out | vaulted See Also | protrusive Convex In Webster's Dictionary \Con"vex\, a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex,
concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See
{Vehicle}.]
Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form;
regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical
surface or curved line when viewed from without, in
opposition to concave.
Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures
with a convex surface. --Whewell.
{Double convex}, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
\Con"vex\, n. A convex body or surface. Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. --Tickell. Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
- Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
- Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
- Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
- Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
- Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
- Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
- Apatura ‐ large Old World…
- Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
- Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…