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How to pronounce “convex”
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Pronunciation guide for convex
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of convex with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life
and a convex lens.
- Definition summary
- Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce convex
The magic ingredient that brings Pixar movies to life
and a convex lens.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “convex”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
- (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.
- [Noun]
- Any convex body or surface.
- (gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
- (gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
- (transitive) To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
- (ambitransitive) To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.
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