Dictionary

convex en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kənˈvɛks/ (General-American)
• /kɒnˈvɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈvɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɑnˈvɛks/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɑn.vɛks/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒn.vɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).

Meanings

1. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
   • [D]rops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface; […] 1837, William Whewell, “Earliest Stages of Astronomy”, in History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, book III (History of Greek Astronomy), section 9 (The Globular Form of the Earth), page 150:
2. (not-comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals, qualifier:functional analysis) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
3. (not-comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
4. (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.

Forms

Antonyms

concave

Deriveds

convexity · equiconvex · pseudoconvex · convexification · convex envelope · multiconvex · convex lens · convexly · hyperconvex · semiconvex · convex function · polyconvex · convexoplane · lower convex envelope · nonconvex · biconvex · convexed · convexoconvex · subconvex · convexness · convexify · convex set · plano-convex · convexedly · quasiconvex · convex combination · planoconvex · convex hull · double-convex · macroconvex · microconvex · convexoconcave · concavo-convex

Translations (61)

ro convex (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · sv konvex (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · sd گھُٻيل (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · da konveks (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · de konvex (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · eo konveksa (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · hi उत्तल (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · ru вы́пуклый (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · cs vypuklý (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · tr konveks (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · ja 凸面 (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · sk konvexný (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · el κυρτός (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · bg изпъкнал (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · kn ನಿಮ್ನದರ್ಪಣ (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · la convexus (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · ast convexu (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · cs vypouklý (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · gl comba (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · izh kupera (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · tr dışbükey (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · haw ʻeʻemu (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · cmn 凸 (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · et kumer (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · de nach außen gewölbt (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · hi उन्नतोदर (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · grc κυρτός (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · th นูน (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · eo malkava (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · pl wypukły (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · gl convexo (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · hi गुंबद (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · nb konveks (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · fa کوژ (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · id cembung (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · bn উত্তল (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · lt išgaubtas (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · pt convexo (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · fi kupera (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · kmr qoqiz (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · nl bol (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · cy amgrwm (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · is kúptur (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · cs konvexní (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · ko 볼록한 (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · hy ուռուցիկ (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · es convexo (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · he קעור (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · sl konveksen (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · hu domború (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · ar مُحَدَّب (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · kk дөңес (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · is ávalur (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · nn konveks (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · oc convèx (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · ca convex (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · tl malukob (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · it convesso (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · kw bothgrom (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · hu konvex (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere) · fr convexe (curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere)

convex en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈvɛks/ (General-American)
• /kɒnˈvɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈvɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɑnˈvɛks/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɑn.vɛks/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒn.vɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).

Meanings

1. Any convex body or surface.
   • Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. 1714, Royal Progress, Thomas Tickell:
2. A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
3. A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
   • Of all the devices for defrauding at poker, the “shiner,” or “convex” […] Modern convexes are also considerably larger than those of former days. 2019, John Philip Quinn, Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers:

Forms

Coordinates

concave

Synonyms

shiner

convex en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kənˈvɛks/ (General-American)
• /kɒnˈvɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kənˈvɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɑnˈvɛks/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɑn.vɛks/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒn.vɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
   • With thin metal flashing, as it expands, the metal between the fasteners will convex. 1998, James Stephen Hardy, Stephen T. Hardy, Time-saver Details for Roof Design, page 247:
   • If the valve is ground excessively, the surfaces of the valve and cage will convex so that the sealing contact is poor. 1926, David Louis Jones, Diesel Engines, Marine--locomotive--stationary, page 502:
   • In like manner the north pier will convex seaward, extending across the bay to the extent of 1000 feet from low water, terminating in about eight fathoms, leaving a clear entrance of 500 feet between the pier heads, the depth of the entrance being from seven to eight fathoms. 1859 November, “Harbours of Refuge”, in The United Service Magazine, page 347:
2. (transitive) To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
   • The back edge of the saw being under the lip of the cleat, use the anvil for a fulcrum and press down on the edge of the saw opposite, which will convex the plate, as the springing up concaved it, and the action of the fast and loose will be the reverse; that is, the fast will go down and the loose come up. 1898 March, Junius, “Tension in Saws”, in The Wood-worker, volume 17, number 1, page 24:
   • In one moment the body will convex the checkered blanket, and later—the featureless absence; 2012, Tamir Greenberg, “Elegy”, in Poets on the Edge: An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry, page 295:
   • This will convex the fan and hold the cards more rigidly in place. 1945, John Northern Hilliard, Card Magic: A Practical Treatise on Modern Card Conjuring, page 19:
3. (ambitransitive) To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.
   • The lid on will convex the heat and you'll need that after it's been chilled. 2014, Amy-Elyse Neer, The Seven Things Cookbook, page 96:
   • The crystal/melt interface thus convexes into the melt; however, the convexity of the interface ( Figure 53 ) is not as strong as it is when the crucible does not rotate (Figure 52). 2011, Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology, page 156:

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