Convex
Convex , adjective
[Latin convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, from convehere to bring together: compare French 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.
Collocations (1)
Double convex , convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
Convex , noun
A convex body or surface.
Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.