In geometry, having no reëntrant angle.
Curved, as a line or surface, in the manner of a circle or sphere when viewed from some point without it; curved away from the point of view; hence, bounded by such a line or surface: as, a convex mirror.
Specifically In zöol. and anatomy, elevated and regularly rounded; forming a segment of a sphere, or nearly so: distinguished from gibbous, which is applied to a less regular elevation.
noun.
[⟨ L. convexum, prop. neut. of convexus, adj.: see above.] A convex body or surface.