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convex adjective [ ˈkɒnvɛks ]

• having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere.
• "a convex lens"
Similar: curved outwards, cambered, rounded, bulging, swelling, protuberant, curvilinear, gibbous, outcurved,
Opposite: concave,
• (of a polygon) not having any interior angles greater than 180°.
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin convexus ‘vaulted, arched’.


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