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Bowed, as in the shape of a curve. Usually refers to the price/yield relationship for interest-bearing bonds.
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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.
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A convex body or surface.
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Bending outward. A convex lens or mirror has at least one side that bulges outward. A convex lens produces converging light rays. A convex mirror produces diverging rays. See also reflect, refract, focal length, focal point
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Curved away from the Observer, as seen from the Outside
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Denotes a spherically shaped surface, curved outward.
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A convex lens curves outwards, and is sometimes known as converging. Light that passes through converges to a focal point.
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Curved or rounded resembling the exterior of a sphere or circle.
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Bulging. The opposite of CONCAVE. The surface of a sphere seen from outside.
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From Latin: rounded, curved. Optics: form of a body, whose surface is outwardly curved.
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(pileus) broadly obtuse, equally rounded.
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Generally a raised surface relative to the surrounding surfaces. In lathe turning, a convex cut is called a bead.
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Curving out like a surface sphere.
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curving out, like the outside surface of a sphere
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rounded outward, like the outside of a circle.
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The rounded or elevated surface.
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A surface that's curved outward like the surface of a ball. see also concave
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A surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere.
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raised or curved like the surface of a sphere
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Rounded on the surface.
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Rounded outward like the exterior of a circle.
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Curved, as in the shape of the outside of a circle. Usually referring to the price/required yield relationship for option-free bonds.
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An outward-curving shape. (i.e. the back of a spoon)
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a polyhedron in which all the flat surfaces slope outwards
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Describes a surface that bulges outward.
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curving or bulging outward
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shape: to curve outwards.
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With an outward curve.
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curving outward, bulging out
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Curved or rounded like the exterior of a sphere. Convex mirrors (also known as bulls-eye, sorcerer's glass and chaperone's mirror) cast a unique 180 degree reflection.
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Bubble or spherical formed (outside surface). Opposite of concave
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A surface of a lens is convex if it curves outwards.
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Rounded outward. The outside of a round vessel, circle or sphere.
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Outward, (from flat) or slightly bulged surface.
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An outward facing curve - A series of projections, each stepped progressively farther forward with height. A common device on the brickwork of chimneys.
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cover] is bulged outward
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rising in a circular form - opposite of concave.
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Referring to a surface which is not perfectly flat but mound-shaped as the outside of a plate or bowl. The leeward side of a full sail takes a convex shape. The opposite of concave.
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Pertaining to a linear structure, margin, or surface that is curved outward (cf. concave).
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An outside curve.
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lens shape: both sides bow out from the centerline, see also concave, plano-convex
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Projecting outwards, the area outside a curve
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Outside of a circle. Longest point is at center and gradually gets shorter. Like an inverted V.
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Term used to describe cabinetry or moulding that curves outward.
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An awning configuration characterized by a series of parallel bows in the shape of a convex curve. It produces a radius shape with flat ends.
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Curving outwards: like the exterior surface of a baseball.
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curved like the outer surface of a sphere
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Curved upwards, when seen from the top of the pan.
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1. Curving outward. 2. Curving outward like a ball.
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Bowed, as in the shape of a curve. Usually referring to the price/required yield relationship for option-free bonds.
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Curving outward, like the surface of a ball.
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A solid curved surface similar to the outside surface of a sphere.
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is a type of optical lens in which the light rays passing through it are made to converge by the outward bulge of the glass surface.
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adj. having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere
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Having a surface that is curved or rounded outward.
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An outward-curving shape. (i.e. my belly :-)
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Curving outward” like the surface of a sphere.
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Curve shaped like the outside arc of a circle
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Outward curving (used to describe the tail shape)
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A surface like the outside of a sphere or ball.
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used to describe a cap that is regularly rounded or broadly obtuse
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curving outwards Humans as organisms
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