ALL meanings of convex
con·vex
C c - adjective convex Convex is used to describe something that curves outwards in the middle. 3
- adjective convex curving or bulging outwards 3
- adjective convex having one or two surfaces curved or ground in the shape of a section of the exterior of a sphere, paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc 3
- adjective convex (of a polygon) containing no interior angle greater than 180° 3
- verb convex to make convex 3
- adjective convex curving outward like the surface of a sphere 3
- noun convex a convex surface, line, object, etc. 3
- adjective convex having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1). 1
- adjective convex Mathematics. (of a polygon) having all interior angles less than or equal to 180°. (of a set) having the property that for each pair of points in the set the line joining the points is wholly contained in the set. 1
- noun convex a convex surface, part, or thing. 1
- adjective convex curving outwards 1
- noun convex Having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere. 1
- noun convex Any convex body or surface. 0
- adjective convex curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle. 0
- adjective convex (mathematics, not comparable, of a set) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set. 0
- adjective convex (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees. 0
- adjective convex (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set. 0