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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of convexity English)
Usage examples of "convexities".
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.