Usually means: Curves outward, no inward angles.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History
We found 46 dictionaries that define the word convex:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. convex: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. convex: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. convex: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. convex: Collins English Dictionary
  5. convex: Vocabulary.com
  6. Convex, convex: Wordnik
  7. convex: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. convex: Wiktionary
  9. convex: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. convex: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. convex: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. convex: Dictionary.com
  13. convex: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. convex: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Convex (disambiguation), Convex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Convex: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. convex: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. convex: Rhymezone
  19. convex, convex: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. convex: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. convex: Free Dictionary
  22. convex: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. convex: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. convex: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Convex: bizterms.net
  4. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Convex: Financial dictionary
  6. Convex: WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Convex (function), Convex (set), convex: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. convex: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CONVEX: Acronym Finder

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Convex: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  3. Convex: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  4. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  5. convex: Rhododendron Glossary
  6. convex: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  7. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Convex: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See convexing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
adjective:  (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
adjective:  (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
adjective:  (mathematics, 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.
noun:  Any convex body or surface.
noun:  (gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
noun:  (gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
verb:  (intransitive) To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Word origin

Words similar to convex

Usage examples for convex

Idioms related to convex

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing convex

Popular nouns described by convex

Words that often appear near convex

Rhymes of convex

Invented words related to convex

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!