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con·vex I. \(ˈ)kän|veks, kənˈv-\ adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, from com- + -vexus (akin to vacillare to sway, stagger) — more at vacillate 1. : curved or rounded as the exterior or a section of a spherical or circular form — used of a spherical surface or curved line viewed from without; opposed to concave 2. : arched up : bulging out — used of that side of a curve or surface on which the tangent line or plane lies or on which normals at neighboring points diverge; opposed to concave • con·vex·ly adverb • con·vex·ness noun -es II. \(ˈ)kän|v-\ noun (-es) archaic : a convex body, surface, or part (as a vault or arch seen from without); specifically : the vault of the sky < half heaven's convex glitters with the flame — Thomas Tickell > III. \ˈkänˌv-, kənˈv-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) : to bend convexly : bow outward in a convex curve IV. adjective 1. : being a continuous function or part of a continuous function with the property that a line joining any two points on its graph lies on or above the graph 2. a. of a set of points : containing all points in a line joining any two constituent points b. of a geometric figure : comprising a convex set when combined with its interior < a convex polygon > · |