convex

Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnvɛks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnvɛks/
• The noun was often stressed on the second syllable by early writers, such as Milton, and occasionally by later poets.

convex (comparative more convex, superlative most convex)

1. curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
   • (Can we date this quote?) Whewell

     Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.

2. (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
3. (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
4. (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.

• concave

convex (plural convexes)

1. Any convex body or surface.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Tickell

     Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.

• “convex” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Borrowed from Latin convexus.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /komˈvɛks/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kumˈbɛks/

convex (feminine convexa, masculine plural convexos, feminine plural convexes)

1. convex

• còncau

• convexitat

• “convex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from French convexe, from Latin convexus.

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈvɛks/

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• Hyphenation: con‧vex
• Rhymes: -ɛks

convex (comparative convexer, superlative meest convex or convext)

1. convex

   Synonym: bolrond

   Antonym: concaaf

• biconvex
• convexiteit