英语词汇“convex”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	convex
释义	Trends of convex View usage for: convex (kɒnveks) adjective Convex is used to describe something that curves outwards in the middle. ...the large convex mirror above the fireplace. Synonyms: rounded, bulging, protuberant, gibbous More Synonyms of convex convex in British English (ˈkɒnvɛks, kɒnˈvɛks) adjective 1. curving or bulging outwards 2. physics having one or two surfaces curved or ground in the shape of a section of the exterior of a sphere, paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc a convex lens 3. mathematics (of a polygon) containing no interior angle greater than 180° verb 4. (transitive) to make convex Compare concave Derived forms convexly (ˈconvexly) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin convexus vaulted, rounded convex in American English (kɑnˈvɛks; kənvɛks; also, & for n . ; usually, ˈkɑnˌvɛks) adjective 1. curving outward like the surface of a sphere noun 2. a convex surface, line, object, etc. Derived forms convexly (conˈvexly) adverb convexness (conˈvexness) noun Word origin L convexus, vaulted, arched, pp. of convehere, to bring together < com-, together + vehere, to bring: see way Examples of 'convex' in a sentence convex And owls, I hear, have eyes as big as the glasses of a convex lamp. Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002) The convex shape of the hill made approaches to it from below difficult to detect. Townsend, Eileen IN LOVE AND WAR (2002) Caspar, a blessing of a human being, with his expression as open as a convex mirror. Gregory Maguire CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER (2002) All related terms of 'convex' convex sole a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave plano-convex (of a lens ) having one side convex and the other side plane concavo-convex having one side concave and the other side convex convexo-convex (esp of a lens ) having both sides convex ; biconvex dropped sole a condition in which the foot of a horse is convex instead of concave (adjective) in the sense of rounded Definition curving outwards like the outside surface of a ball The lens is flat on one side and convex on the other. Synonyms rounded bulging protuberant gibbous outcurved Opposites cupped , depressed , hollowed , excavated , sunken , indented , concave Additional synonyms in the sense of gibbous Definition (of the moon) more than half but less than fully illuminated Synonyms bulging, rounded, hunched, humped, humpbacked, convex, hunchbacked, protuberant, crookbacked Nearby words of convex conversion convert convertible convex convey conveyance convict Synonyms of 'convex' convex Explore 'convex' in the dictionary
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