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Definition of convex
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of convex is as below...
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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Convex
::
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..
Flesher
::
Flesher
(n.) A
two-handled,
convex,
blunt-edged
knife,
for
scraping
hides;
a
fleshing
knife..
Collimator
::
Collimator
(n.) A tube
having
a
convex
lens at one end and at the other a small
opening
or slit which is at the
principal
focus of the lens, used for
producing
a beam of
parallel
rays; also, a lens so
used..
Mammillary
::
Mammillary
(a.)
Composed
of
convex
convex
concretions,
somewhat
resembling
the
breasts
in form;
studded
with small
mammiform
protuberances..
Sunglow
::
Sunglass
(n.) A
convex
lens of glass for
producing
heat by
converging
the sun's rays into a
focus.
Vesicle
::
Vesicle
(n.) A small
convex
hollow
prominence
on the
surface
of a shell or a
coral.
Refractor
::
Refractor
(n.) A
refracting
telescope,
in which the image to be
viewed
is
formed
by the
refraction
of light in
passing
through
a
convex
lens..
Convexo-convex
::
Convexo-convex
(a.)
Convex
on both
sides;
double
convex.
See under
Convex,
a..
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..
Pulvinated
::
Pulvinated
(a.)
Curved
convexly
or
swelled;
as, a
pulvinated
frieze..
Cyme
::
Cyme (n.) A
flattish
or
convex
flower
cluster,
of the
centrifugal
or
determinate
type,
differing
from a
corymb
chiefly
in the order of the
opening
of the
blossoms..
Reversal
::
Reversal
(n.) The act of
reversing;
the
causing
to move or face in an
opposite
direction,
or to stand or lie in an
inverted
position;
as, the
reversal
of a
rotating
wheel;
the
reversal
of
objects
by a
convex
lens..
Crescent
::
Crescent
(n.) The
increasing
moon; the moon in her first
quarter,
or when
defined
by a
concave
and a
convex
edge; also,
applied
improperly
to the old or
decreasing
moon in a like
state..
Belly
::
Belly (n.) The
hollow
part of a
curved
or bent
timber,
the
convex
part of which is the
back..
Concavo-convex
::
Concavo-convex
(a.)
Specifically,
having
such a
combination
of
concave
and
convex
sides as makes the focal axis the
shortest
line
between
them. See
Illust.
under
Lens..
Bell-faced
::
Bell-faced
(a.)
Having
the
striking
surface
convex;
-- said of
hammers.
Convexo-concave
::
Convexo-concave
(a.)
Convex
on one side, and
concave
on the
other.
The
curves
of the
convex
and
concave
sides may be alike or may be
different.
See
Meniscus..
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..
Convexities
::
Convexities
(pl. ) of
Convexit.
Meniscus
::
Meniscus
(n.) A lens
convex
on one side and
concave
on the
other.
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