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Meaning of convex

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

convex

Pronunciation:/ˈkɒnvɛks//ˈkɑnvɛks/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any convex body or surface.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle

  2. (of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.

  3. (of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.

  4. (of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.