convex
adjective
con·vex
kän-ˈveks 
ˈkän-ˌveks
ˈkän-ˌveks
kən-ˈveks
1
a
: curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
b
: 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
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But the convex, double-sided Wolf-Garten Interlocken Push Pull Weeder can more effectively loosen soil to cut weeds at the roots.
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New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
New York would have to be on the convex part, because the whole point was to power Manhattan for a year, and planners wanted to keep it in the most advantageous position to benefit from that.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
The third-gen OLED panels use a stack of layers made of convex lenses measuring 1 micrometer.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023
On the convex part, life would go on as usual, but on the concave part major changes could be expected.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
And, second, when the Earth was folded in half, what would be the concave part and what part would be convex?
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
With a canny blend of concave and convex surfaces, the Gravity’s exterior design announces its progressive intent, with a backbone of elegant understatement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Nov. 2023
That question was answered in 2017 when Michaël Rao proved that all convex tiling pentagons — and with them, all convex tiling polygons — had been found.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
Grimmer’s paper focused only on smooth functions, which have no sharp kinks, and convex functions, which are shaped like a bowl and only have one optimal value at the bottom.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
New York would have to be on the convex part, because the whole point was to power Manhattan for a year, and planners wanted to keep it in the most advantageous position to benefit from that.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
The third-gen OLED panels use a stack of layers made of convex lenses measuring 1 micrometer.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023
On the convex part, life would go on as usual, but on the concave part major changes could be expected.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
And, second, when the Earth was folded in half, what would be the concave part and what part would be convex?
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
With a canny blend of concave and convex surfaces, the Gravity’s exterior design announces its progressive intent, with a backbone of elegant understatement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Nov. 2023
That question was answered in 2017 when Michaël Rao proved that all convex tiling pentagons — and with them, all convex tiling polygons — had been found.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
Grimmer’s paper focused only on smooth functions, which have no sharp kinks, and convex functions, which are shaped like a bowl and only have one optimal value at the bottom.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Aug. 2023
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convex
adjective
con·vex
kän-ˈveks; ˈkän-ˌ
kən-ˈ
kən-ˈ
: curved or rounded like the exterior of a sphere or circle
convex lenses are used to correct for farsightedness
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