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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bellied, bellylike, bowed, bowlike, bulging, concave, convexed, embowed, excurvate, excurvated, excurved, gibbose, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, humpy, hunched, hunchy, out-bowed, oxbow, rotund, round, rounded, rounded out, vaulted
Dictionary Results for convex:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
convex
    adj 1: curving or bulging outward [syn: convex, bulging]
           [ant: concave]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Convex \Con"vex\, a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex,
   concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See
   Vehicle.]
   Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form;
   regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical
   surface or curved line when viewed from without, in
   opposition to concave.
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         Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures
         with a convex surface.                   --Whewell.
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   Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Convex \Con"vex\, n.
   A convex body or surface.
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         Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
                                                  --Tickell.
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   Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early
         writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.
         [1913 Webster]

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