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CONVEXNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does convexness mean? 

CONVEXNESS (noun)
  The noun CONVEXNESS has 1 sense:

1. the property possessed by a convex shapeplay

  Familiarity information: CONVEXNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONVEXNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property possessed by a convex shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

convexity; convexness

Hypernyms ("convexness" 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 "convexness"):

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

Derivation:

convex (curving or bulging outward)


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