CONVEXITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convexity mean? 

• CONVEXITY (noun)
  The noun CONVEXITY has 2 senses:

1. the property possessed by a convex shape

2. a shape that curves or bulges outward

  Familiarity information: CONVEXITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVEXITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property possessed by a convex shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

convexity; convexness

Hypernyms ("convexity" is a kind of...):

configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convexity"):

bulginess; roundedness (the property possessed by a rounded convexity)

Derivation:

convex (curving or bulging outward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shape that curves or bulges outward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

convex shape; convexity

Hypernyms ("convexity" is a kind of...):

solid (a three-dimensional shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "convexity"):

umbo (a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum)

camber (a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road))

entasis (a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight)

knob; node; thickening (any thickened enlargement)

ridge (any long raised strip)

peak; point; tip (a V shape)

taper (a convex shape that narrows toward a point)

projection (any solid convex shape that juts out from something)

Derivation:

convex (curving or bulging outward)

 Context examples 

Abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side.

(Kyphosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The bottom concave portion of the lung that is situated on the convexity of the diaphragm.

(Base of the Lung, NCI Thesaurus)