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noun Mathematics.

the smallest convex set containing a given set; the intersection of all convex sets that contain a given set.

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Also called convex cover, convex span .

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Jimbo and I walked up its ramp and into the hull, which looked like the gutted inside of a school bus.
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Four of them carried a thick black nylon body bag, two to a side, and loaded it into the middle of the hull.
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Meanwhile, the rest of hull is wide at the waterline and slopes inward.
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Having received a patent on the technology in 1986, Hull founded 3D Systems to commercialize his discoveries.
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It is sometimes indented, with its convex side in contact with the periphery of the cell.
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In fact—on account of conditions beyond my choice and control—I spent too much time on the wrong side of the hull shields.
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Again, mebbe it would–if the hull thing that happened next was accidentally a-purpose.
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A party of American marines boarded her, hauled down the Spanish flag, and tried to save the hull, but it was too far consumed.
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