adjective | curving or bulging outward

kuhnv'eks (IPA: kənvˈɛks)

con-vex (6 letters | 2 syllables)

1571 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (454 years ago)

Middle French | Latin

bulging

concave

becks | checks | decks | flecks | flex | necks | perplex | sex | specks | specs | techs | treks | vex | wrecks (total: 14) (based on typical American pronunciation)

convey

(none among common words)

concavo-convex | convex lens | convexo-convex | convex polygon | convex polyhedron | convex shape | regular convex polyhedron | regular convex solid (total: 8)

Spanish: | convexo (curved outward) | curvo (curved outward) French: | convexe (curved outward) | bombé (curved outward) Portuguese: | convexo (curved outward) | curvado para fora (curved outward) German: | konvex (curved outward) | nach außen gewölbt (curved outward) Japanese: | 凸 (adjectival nouns) | 中高 (nouns) | 凸形 (nouns) | 凸面 (common noun)

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Like some lenses | Rounded out? (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

18 (International English) | 18 (North American English)

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