Definition of Convex

Con´vex
a.1.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.
n.1.A convex body or surface.
Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
- Tickell.


Related Words

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

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