convex

[Con·vex]

If something is bulging outwards in a curve, it's convex in shape. The surface of a soccer balls, old television screens, and eyeballs are all convex in shape.

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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.

Adjective
curving or bulging outward


a.
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.

n.
A convex body or surface.


Convex

Con"vex , a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See Vehicle.] 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.
Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

Convex

Con"vex, n. A convex body or surface.
Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
&hand; This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionallyby later poets.

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.

A convex body or surface.

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