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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convex \Con"vex\, a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex,
concave, fr convehere to bring together: cf F. 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. --Whewell.
{Double convex}, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convex \Con"vex\, n.
A convex body or surface.
Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
--Tickell.
Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early
writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
convex
adj : curving or bulging outward [syn: {bulging}] [ant: {concave}]
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