convex

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
2. (not-comparable) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
3. (not-comparable) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
4. (not-comparable) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.

Noun

1. Any convex body or surface.
2. A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
3. A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
2. (transitive) To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
3. (ambitransitive) To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.

Concepts

convexe

bombé

cambré

Synonymes

bulging

curved

arched

gibbous

convex surface

protrude

protuberant

bent

convex mirror

crooked

crowning

domed

embossed

hump

jutting

lobe

male

♂️

prominent

salient

swollen

tortuous

vaulted

warped

sticking out

preiection

umbonate

puffed out

saddle-backing

convexe

bell-shaped

bellying

bulge

bulge out

bulgy

convexity

convex lens

Traductions

convesso

konvex

convexo

convexo

convex

convex

κυρτός

dışbükey

gewölbt

bol

konveks

inarcato

abombado

bolrond

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.vɛks/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).