As an adjective convex
is curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle.
As a noun convex
is any convex body or surface.
As a verb protruded is
past tense of protrude.
convex English
Adjective
( en adjective)
curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
* Whewell
- Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.
Antonyms
* concave
Derived terms
* convex combination
* convex set
Noun
( es)
Any convex body or surface.
* Tickell
- Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
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protruded English
Verb
(head)
(protrude)
protrude English
Verb
( protrud)
To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
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- Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes .
To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
- (John Locke)
To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
* Thomson
- When Spring protrudes the bursting gems.
Derived terms
* protrudable
* protrudent
* protrusible
* protrusion
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