Definition of convex

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Convex (a.) 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..

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Mushroom-headed :: Mushroom-headed (a.) Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
Convexedly :: Convexedly (dv.) In a convex form; convexly.
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
Ginglymodi :: Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel..
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles..
Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
Convexly :: Convexly (adv.) In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped..
Pandora :: Pandora (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex..
Boultin :: Boultin (n.) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure..
Buttock :: Buttock (n.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern..
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..
Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
Convexed :: Convexed (a.) Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
Convexness :: Convexness (n.) The state of being convex; convexity.
Outbowed :: Outbowed (a.) Convex; curved outward.
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Semilenticular :: Semilenticular (a.) Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.
Procoelian :: Procoelian (a.) Concave in front; as, procoelian vertebrae, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex..
Convexities :: Convexities (pl. ) of Convexit.
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