convex

Adjective
US[kuhn-veks]/kənˈvɛks/2 syllablesalso [kon-veks] /ˈkɑnˌvɛks/
Synonyms: bulging

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. curving or bulging outwardSynonyms: bulgingSimilar umbellate, biconvex, helmet-shaped, gibbous, bell-shaped, convexo-concave, planoconvex, broken-backedSee also protrusive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Con′vex adjective

Origin: 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.— William Whewell

Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

Con′vex noun

A convex body or surface.

Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.— Thomas Tickell

☞ This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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