convex

Speech parts

1. convex - Noun

2. convex - Adjective

Meaning

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.

A convex body or surface.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bulging arch crescent dome hunchback oxbow bunchy round prominent curve bow curved rounded spherical bent
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Antonyms

concave level straight hollow depressed sinking
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

A convex quadrilateral is cyclic if and only if opposite angles sum to 180°. Source: Internet

A convex function is a real-valued function defined on an interval with the property that its epigraph (the set of points on or above the graph of the function) is a convex set. Source: Internet

A convex plus a concave lens (f 1 > 0 > f 2 ) produces a positive magnification and the image is upright. Source: Internet

Algorithms seeAlso In a linear programming problem, a series of linear constraints produces a convex feasible region of possible values for those variables. Source: Internet

A cyclic polygon is any convex polygon about which a circle can be circumscribed, passing through each vertex. Source: Internet

A lens is biconvex (or double convex, or just convex) if both surfaces are convex. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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