convexity
Noun
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is a type of: configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape - any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)subtypes: bulginess, roundedness - the property possessed by a rounded convexitysame as: convexness
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is a type of: solid - a three-dimensional shapesubtypes:
- 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
same as: convex shape
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