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adj. Having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere.

adj. curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle

adj. (Of a set of points) such that for any two points in the set, every point between those two points is also in the set

adj. (of a real-valued function on the reals) such that the value at any point, is no larger than the interpolated value thereat, based on the values at any two points between which the first point is contained

n. Any convex body or surface.

adj. 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.

n. A convex body or surface.

Curved, as a line or surface, in the manner of a circle or sphere when viewed from some point without it; curved away from the point of view; hence, bounded by such a line or surface: as, a convex mirror.

Specifically In zöol. and anatomy, elevated and regularly rounded; forming a segment of a sphere, or nearly so: distinguished from gibbous, which is applied to a less regular elevation.

n. [⟨ L. convexum, prop. neut. of convexus, adj.: see above.] A convex body or surface.

In geometry, having no reëntrant angle.

adj. curving or bulging outward

"Such lenses are called convex or converging lenses."

plano-convex    umbel-like    gibbous    bell-shaped    biconvex    convexo-concave    lentiform    convexo-convex    hogged    broken-backed   

hollow    concave   

convexed   

convex lens    convex polyhedron    convex mirror   

protuberant    swelling    embowed    gibbous    gibbose    hog-backed   

Czechs    Ex    Lex    Rex    Tex    Triplex    X    aix    annex    becks   

concave    elliptical    spherical    parabolic    hexagonal    semicircular    concentric    rectangular    egg-shaped    dorsal