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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•vex /kɑnˈvɛks/USA pronunciation adj. - curved or rounded outward like the outside of a circle or sphere.Compare concave.
con•vex•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•vex (adj. kon veks′, kən-;n. kon′veks),USA pronunciation adj. - having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Cf. concave (def. 1).
- Mathematics
- (of a polygon) having all interior angles less than or equal to 180°.
- Mathematics(of a set) having the property that for each pair of points in the set the line joining the points is wholly contained in the set.
n. - a convex surface, part, or thing.
- *wek-sos, derivative of base of vehere to convey, if original sense was "brought together (to a single point)''
- Latin convexus equivalent. to con- con- + -vexus, perh.
- 1565–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: convex /ˈkɒnvɛks; kɒnˈvɛks/ adj - curving or bulging outwards
- having one or two surfaces curved or ground in the shape of a section of the exterior of a sphere, paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc: a convex lens
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin convexus vaulted, roundedˈconvexly adv |