convex
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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.
Adjective[edit]
convex (comparative more convex, superlative most convex)
- curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
- Whewell
- Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
- Whewell
- (mathematics, not comparable, of a set) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
- (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
- (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from convex
Translations[edit]
curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
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Noun[edit]
convex (plural convexes)
References[edit]
- “convex” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin convexus.
Adjective[edit]
convex (feminine convexa, masculine plural convexos, feminine plural convexes)
Antonyms[edit]
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