con·vex

(kŏn′vĕks′, kən-vĕks′)

adj.

Having a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward, as the exterior of a sphere.

[Latin convexus; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

con′vex′ly adv.

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Adv.

convexly - in a convex way; "bulging out convexly"

concavely - in a concave way; "shaped concavely"

Translations

konvexně

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It is worth noting that the nonlinear AC power flow constraints can be convexly relaxed [10].

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Thirdly, to distinguish between physiologic variants (1 = sharp lateral angle, 2 = concave bottom, and 3 = smooth inner lining, i.e., coding "0" in Table 1) and pathologic variants (1 = blunt/obtuse lateral angle, 2 = convexly shaped bottom, and 3 = irregular inner lining, i.e., coding "1" in Table 1) of mild ventricular enlargements, for example, caused by asphyxic and/or hemorrhagic events, the shape of the ventricles was evaluated following the criteria (1-3) depicted in Figure 1.

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The use of debt incurs the risk of bankruptcy that is often described as increasing convexly with the debt ratio.

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