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A shape that curves or bulges outward
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convexity
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Convexity \Con*vex"i*ty\, n.; pl. Convexities . [L. convexitas: cf. F. convexit['e].] The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. --Bentley.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexness ] a shape that curves or bulges outward [syn: convex shape ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the state of being convex 2 a convex line or surface 3 a measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In mathematical finance , convexity refers to non-linearities in a financial model . In other words, if the price of an underlying variable changes, the price of an output does not change linearly, but depends on the second derivative (or, loosely speaking, ...
Usage examples of convexity.
The very sun of heaven seemed distorted when viewed through the polarising miasma welling out from this sea-soaked perversion, and twisted menace and suspense lurked leeringly in those crazily elusive angles of carven rock where a second glance showed concavity after the first showed convexity.
More or less exactly halfway between the shadowed undercurves of her breasts and the second line of hair lay the puckered and babyish eyelid of the navel, itself the central point of the shallow convexity that now flattened out on to the hinges of the hips, where the skin was weak, and tender veins were disclosed .
The rays of the moon made her skin translucent and accentuated the exquisitely sensuous curves and planes, convexities and concavities, of her faultless body.
Astonished by her nakedness, riveted by surprise and by the sensuous concavities and convexities of her full-breasted, long-legged body, he had stared for perhaps a minute.
The room beyond was the yellow-orange of clean flames, a circular hall into whose sidewall bulged eleven man-high convexities — the twelfth was the opening through which Vibulenus stepped.
The room beyond was the yellow-orange of clean flames, a circular hall into whose sidewall bulged eleven man-high convexities the twelfth was the opening through which Vibulenus stepped.
At the foot of the stairs he sits in stony Buddhistic calm, the truth of the room reflected in the glossy convexities of his stare.
As she followed the girl along the corridor, Mary admired the rumpy convexities of her narrow black skirt, the dark veins of her stockings, the noisy shoes and their smug shine.
And then there is a huge belch of orange flame and all the walls of the house seem to bulge out in an impossible cartoon convexity and there is a huge detonation and the camera shakes a little, as if in horror.