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Convex . . . "curved out", like the outside of a balloon, the outside of a smooth hubcap,

and the top of a half-eaten ice-cream cone.

Concave . . . "curved in", like the top of the ice-cream in the tub after the first five cones

have been scooped out, the mark a rock makes in snow, and the inside of a soup bowl.

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convex is a 3D that all planes slant outwards it is the opposite to concave where planes slant inwards. Hope that Helped


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If you mean convex, convex is a term meaning curving out or bulging outwards. It is the opposite/antonym of concave.


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