Words Like CONVEX

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CONVEX.

2 Alternative Words Similar to convex

1 Bulging Adjective      Synonym Words Like Bulging
2 Protrusive Adjective      Related Words Like Protrusive

10 definitions of convex

1 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.
2 A convex body or surface.
3 curving or bulging outward
4 Having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere.
5 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.
6 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.
7 [⟨ L. convexum, prop. neut. of convexus, adj.: see above.] A convex body or surface.
8 In geometry, having no reëntrant angle.
9 curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
10 (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
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