convex
adj.adj. curved outward like the surface of a ball or the back of a spoon. You use this to describe shapes that bulge toward you.
adj. having a surface that curves outward rather than inward. Often contrasted with 'concave' in geometry and optics.
The back of a spoon has a convex shape.
Security mirrors in shops are usually convex to provide a wider field of vision for the staff.
The architect designed the building with a massive convex glass wall that reflects the surrounding skyline in a distorted, panoramic arc.
Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).
Typically used to describe physical surfaces, lenses, or mathematical curves.
a convex mirror curves inwarda convex mirror curves outwardLearners frequently confuse 'convex' (curving out) with 'concave' (curving in like a cave).