About The Word Convex
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Convex
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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. |
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