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S vs Convex - What's the difference?

s | convex |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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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