convex vs material

convex

noun
  • A playing card made convex for use in cheating. 

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

  • Any convex body or surface. 

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. 

material

noun
  • All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard. 

  • Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book. 

  • The substance that something is made or composed of. 

  • Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. 

  • Text written for a specific purpose. 

  • A sample or specimens for study. 

  • Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric. 

  • An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display. 

  • A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity. 

adj
  • Significant. 

  • Having to do with matter; consisting of matter. 

  • Worldly, as opposed to spiritual. 

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