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convexMain Entry: con·vex Pronunciation: \kän-ˈveks; ˈkän-ˌ, kən-ˈ\ Function: adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus vaulted, concave, convex, from com- + -vexus; perhaps akin to Latin vehere to carry — more at way Date: 1571 1 a : curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle b : being a continuous function or part of a continuous function with the property that a line joining any two points on its graph lies on or above the graph
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