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Meanings of convex in English
Curving or bulging outward.
Usage of convex in English
1
The convex spine is easy to handle, a true pleasure to clip.
2
The convex side was curiously painted red, in circular rings and crosses.
3
Its rotation slowed; I saw little windows set around its convex middle.
4
And as we mounted, the simulated concavity of the Earth turned convex.
5
For example, the vertical curvature may be more convex than the horizontal.
6
It was slightly convex and had a wheel set into its center.
7
The upper or convex surface is barely or not at all sensitive.
8
The left side is usually straight, or at least but slightly convex.
9
Alnduul had positioned himself at the convex center of the crescent table.
10
I do not say which of us two has the convex eye.'
11
Rosario could see his green eyes, like two lanterns of convex glass.
12
The handheld lay on its convex back, wobbling like an upended turtle.
13
His project lay on the convex east end of the sandstone face.
14
He had come up with some convex black plastic, warped and scratched.
15
The dish stopped turning, its concave face steady on Caird's convex face.
16
The rest of his face forcibly suggested the idea of a convex edge.
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Convex across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common