Meaning | A shape that curves or bulges outward. |
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Synonym | convexity |
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Narrower | camber | A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) |
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entasis | A slight convexity in the shaft of a column |
node, knob, thickening | Any thickened enlargement |
point, tip, peak | A V shape |
projection | Any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
ridge | Any long raised strip |
taper | A convex shape that narrows toward a point |
umbo | A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum |
Broader | solid | A three-dimensional shape |
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Spanish | convexidad |
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Catalan | convexitat |
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