convex vs flexure

convex

noun
  • Any convex body or surface. 

  • A playing card made convex for use in cheating. 

  • A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards. 

adj
  • arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set. 

  • Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere. 

  • having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees. 

  • having an epigraph that is a convex set. 

flexure

noun
  • A curve or bend in a tubular organ. 

  • The act of bending or flexing; flexion. 

  • A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. 

  • The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird. 

  • The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. 

verb
  • To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex. 

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