(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, 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.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
exolve
exolve
verb
(geology) Alternative spelling of exsolve
(obsolete) To loose.
volvox
volvox
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes.
vortex
vortex
noun
(figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
(figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
(historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
(zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
