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 Definitions of convex  [ənˈvɜr təˌpleɪn]  

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Definition of 'convex' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) convex
curved or rounded outward like the outside of a circle or sphere.

2.  convex
(of a polygon) having all interior angles less than or equal to 180°.

3. (n.) convex
a convex surface, part, line, or thing.

Etymology:  (1565–75; < L convexus=con-con - +-vexus, perh. <*wek-sos, der. of base of vehere to carry, bring, if orig. sense was “brought together (to a point)”)

Definition of 'convex' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) convex, bulging
curving or bulging outward


Definition of 'convex' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) convex
rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave

2. (noun) convex
a convex body or surface


Translation of 'convex' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of an object or surface) curved outwards, like the surface of the eye
a convex lens.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: konveks, bolrond Arabic flag Arabic: مُحَدَّب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изпъкнал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: convexo Czech flag Czech: vypouklý German flag German: konvex
Danish flag Danish: konveks; udadbuet Greek flag Greek: κυρτός Spanish flag Spanish: convexo
Estonian flag Estonian: kumer Farsi flag Farsi: محدب؛ برجسته Finnish flag Finnish: kupera
French flag French: convexe Hebrew flag Hebrew: קָמוּר Hindi flag Hindi: उत्तल
Croatian flag Croatian: izbočen, ispupčen Hungarian flag Hungarian: domború Indonesian flag Indonesian: cembung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kúptur Italian flag Italian: convesso Japanese flag Japanese: 凸状の
Korean flag Korean: 볼록한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išgaubtas Latvian flag Latvian: izliekts
Malay flag Malay: cembung Dutch flag Dutch: bol Norwegian flag Norwegian: utbuet, konveks
Polish flag Polish: wypukły Persian flag Persian: محدب؛ برجسته Pashto flag Pashto: محدب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: convexo Romanian flag Romanian: convex Russian flag Russian: выпуклый
Slovak flag Slovak: vypuklý Slovenian flag Slovenian: izbokel Serbian flag Serbian: ispupčen
Swedish flag Swedish: konvex Thai flag Thai: นูน Turkish flag Turkish: dışbükey
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 凸面的,凸起的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: опуклий; випуклий Urdu flag Urdu: محدب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lồi Chinese flag Chinese: 凸面的,凸起的

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