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English Dictionary: convex by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convex
adj
  1. curving or bulging outward
    Synonym(s): convex, bulging
    Antonym(s): concave
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.
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