| Pronunciation: | | [adj]kân'veks, [n]'kânveks, 'kânveks
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| | Definition: | | [adj] curving or bulging outward |
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| | Synonyms: | | bell-shaped, biconvex, broken-backed, bulging, convexo-concave, convexo-convex, gibbose, gibbous, hogged, lenticular, lentiform, planoconvex, umbelate, umbellike |
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| | Antonyms: | | concave |
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| | See Also: | | protrusive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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