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contex
English
Etymology
From Latin contexere.
Verb
contex (third-person singular simple present contexes, present participle contexing, simple past and past participle contexed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXII:
- Having examin'd also several kinds of Mushroms, I finde their texture to be somewhat of this kind, that is, to consist of an infinite company of small filaments, every way contex'd and woven together, so as to make a kind of cloth […].
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXII:
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convex
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nv?ks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?nv?ks/
- The noun was often stressed on the second syllable by early writers, such as Milton, and occasionally by later poets.
Adjective
convex (comparative more convex, superlative most convex)
- curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- (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.
- (geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
- (functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.
Antonyms
- concave
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
convex (plural convexes)
- Any convex body or surface.
- 1714, Thomas Tickell, Royal Progress
- Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.
- 1714, Thomas Tickell, Royal Progress
- (gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
- Coordinate term: concave
- (gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
- Synonym: shiner
- 2019, John Philip Quinn, Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers
- Of all the devices for defrauding at poker, the “shiner,” or “convex” […] Modern convexes are also considerably larger than those of former days.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “convex”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convexus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?v?ks/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?b?ks/
Adjective
convex (feminine convexa, masculine plural convexos, feminine plural convexes)
- convex
Antonyms
- còncau
Related terms
- convexitat
Further reading
- “convex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French convexe, from Latin convexus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?v?ks/
- Hyphenation: con?vex
- Rhymes: -?ks
Adjective
convex (comparative convexer, superlative meest convex or convext)
- convex
- Synonym: bolrond
- Antonym: concaaf
Inflection
Derived terms
- biconvex
- convexiteit
Romanian
Etymology
From French convexe, from Latin convexus.
Adjective
convex m or n (feminine singular convex?, masculine plural convec?i, feminine and neuter plural convexe)
- convex
Declension
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