CONVEX in a Sentence
Learn CONVEX from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CONVEX, such as:
1. He polished the convex lens of his telescope.
2. A very great number of streets which are now convex were then sunken causeways.
3. He had coarse features, a blunt nose, a convex and receding brow, tumid and protruded lips.
2. A very great number of streets which are now convex were then sunken causeways.
3. He had coarse features, a blunt nose, a convex and receding brow, tumid and protruded lips.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CONVEX
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convex
a. curving outward; having surface that bulges outward, as the exterior of sphere
Classic Sentence:
1 This august hump, if I mistake not, rises over one of the larger vertebrae, and is, therefore, in some sort, the outer convex mould of it.
2 Then with an expression of interest he laid down his cigarette, and carrying the cane to the window, he looked over it again with a convex lens.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Context Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
3 He had coarse features, a blunt nose, a convex and receding brow, tumid and protruded lips.
4 A very great number of streets which are now convex were then sunken causeways.
Example Sentence:
1 He polished the convex lens of his telescope.