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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnvɛks/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (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
- (Can we date this quote by Whewell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
- (Can we date this quote by Whewell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) 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]
- biconvex
- concavo-convex
- convex combination
- convexedly
- convex function
- convex hull
- convexification
- convexify
- convexity
- convex lens
- convexly
- convexness
- convexoconcave
- convexoconvex
- convexoplane
- convex set
- double-convex
- equiconvex
- hyperconvex
- nonconvex
- planoconvex
- plano-convex
- polyconvex
- pseudoconvex
- quasiconvex
- semiconvex
- subconvex
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)
- Any convex body or surface.
- (Can we date this quote by Tickell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
- (Can we date this quote by Tickell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
References[edit]
- “convex” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
convex (feminine convexa, masculine plural convexos, feminine plural convexes)
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “convex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French convexe, from Latin convexus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
convex (comparative convexer, superlative meest convex or convext)
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of convex | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | convex | |||
| inflected | convexe | |||
| comparative | convexer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | convex | convexer | het convext het convexte | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | convexe | convexere | convexte |
| n. sing. | convex | convexer | convexte | |
| plural | convexe | convexere | convexte | |
| definite | convexe | convexere | convexte | |
| partitive | convex | convexers | — | |
Derived terms[edit]
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