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con·vex (kän veks′, kən-; also, & for n. usually, kän′veks′)
adjective
Etymology: L convexus, vaulted, arched, pp. of convehere, to bring together < com-, together + vehere, to bring: see way
noun
Related Forms:
- convexly con·vex′ly adverb
- convexness con·vex′·ness noun
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Modifies a noun
- polygon: The convex hull is the minimum area convex polygon which will entirely contain the set.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: Upper surface dark gray, nearly black in places, slightly convex, nearly flat near the margin.
Preposition: in
- shape: About the " flat " description, I thought this to mean not oblong or convex in shape like many cases out there.
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Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror.
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