Convexity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe.
                                                    --Bentley.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  convexity
       n 1: the property possessed by a convex shape [syn: {convexness}]
       2: a shape that curves or bulges outward [syn: {convex shape}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "convexity":
     aduncity, aquilinity, arching, arcuation, belly, boss, bump,
     circularity, colophon, concameration, concavity, convolution,
     crookedness, curvation, curvature, curving, curvity,
     cylindricality, dactylogram, dactylograph, decurvation,
     decurvature, dent, dint, embossment, excrescence, excurvation,
     excurvature, fingerprint, footmark, footprint, footstep,
     fossil footprint, globosity, globularity, hookedness, ichnite,
     ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, incurvation, incurvature,
     incurvity, indent, indentation, indention, lump, orbicularity, pad,
     paw print, pawmark, pimple, print, pug, pugmark, recurvation,
     recurvature, recurvity, rondure, rotundity, rotundness, roundness,
     seal, sigil, signet, sinuosity, sinuousness, sphericality,
     sphericalness, sphericity, spheroidicity, spheroidity, stamp, step,
     stud, thumbmark, thumbprint, tortuosity, tortuousness, vaulting,
     vestige