Etymology
Origin of convexity
From the Latin word convexitās, dating back to 1590–1600. See convex, -ity
Example Sentences
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The net of his discourse was that if you live inside a ball, you cannot have any conception of its outside convexity, until you get outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
This convexity, this pimple of curiosity, this wart of circumspection, is indeed worthy of jest.
From Time Magazine Archive
The new 64 Convertible, as with other models recently designed in-house at Hatteras, incorporates a slight degree of convexity forward.
From Time Magazine Archive
This habit creates an excessive lenticular convexity which, over a period of time, causes a focal point in front of the retina, thereby producing a myopic or nearsighted condition.
From Time Magazine Archive
His mouth was set in its habitual glower, the corners bent downward in perfect convexity, and his ashen head blended seamlessly into the white clouds overhead.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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