convex
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin convexus (“arched”).
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convex (comparative more convex, superlative most convex)
- curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
- (mathematics, not comparable) (Of a set of points) such that for any two points in the set, every point between those two points is also in the set
- (analysis, not comparable) (of a real-valued function on the reals) such that the value at any point, is no larger than the interpolated value thereat, based on the values at any two points between which the first point is contained
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curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
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[edit] References
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
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[edit] Adjective
convex m. (feminine convexa, masculine plural convexs or convexos, feminine plural convexes)
