convex
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: gambling
games
geometry
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).
Inflected forms:
form: more convex
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most convex
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: convexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: convexes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: convexing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: convexed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: convexed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
pos: adj
examples: [D]rops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface; […]
gloss: having an epigraph that is a convex set.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Any convex body or surface.
pos: noun
examples: Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
gloss: A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
pos: noun
gloss: A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
pos: noun
examples: Of all the devices for defrauding at poker, the “shiner,” or “convex” […] Modern convexes are also considerably larger than those of former days.
gloss: To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
If the valve is ground excessively, the surfaces of the valve and cage will convex so that the sealing contact is poor.
With thin metal flashing, as it expands, the metal between the fasteners will convex.
gloss: To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
This will convex the fan and hold the cards more rigidly in place.
In one moment the body will convex the checkered blanket, and later—the featureless absence;
gloss: To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: 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).
The lid on will convex the heat and you'll need that after it's been chilled.
Antonyms: concave
Derived words: biconvex
concavo-convex
convex combination
convexed
convexedly
convex envelope
convex function
convex hull
convexification
convexify
convexity
convex lens
convexly
convexness
convexoconcave
convexoconvex
convexoplane
convex set
double-convex
equiconvex
hyperconvex
lower convex envelope
macroconvex
microconvex
multiconvex
nonconvex
planoconvex
plano-convex
polyconvex
pseudoconvex
quasiconvex
semiconvex
subconvex
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