convex
/ˈkɒnvɛks/ · noun
Meaning
- Any convex body or surface.
- Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
- (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.
- (of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
- (of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.
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