convex

Plural: convexes

Adjective

• curving or bulging outward

Adj

• Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
• having an epigraph that is a convex set.
• having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
• arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.

Noun

• A surface or body that curves outward, like the exterior of a sphere.
• Any convex body or surface.
• A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
• A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.

Verb

• To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
• To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
• To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.

Examples

• The shape of the letter ’O’ resembles a tiny convex surface on the Scrabble tile.

Synonyms

bulging, shiner

Antonyms

concave

Anagrams of convex