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convexify

convexify verb: to make convex.

Verb

convexify (third-person singular simple present convexifies, present participle convexifying, simple past and past participle convexified)

  1. To make convex.
    • To simplify the analysis, [Hansen and Rogerson] assumed that people had access to lotteries to convexify their labor supply choice.2025 December, Marina Azzimonti, Per Krusell, Alisdair McKay, Toshihiko Mukoyama, Macroeconomics, December 2025 edition, retrieved 13 Jul 2026, page 432

Forms of convexify

third-person singular presentconvexifies
present participleconvexifying
past participleconvexified
pastconvexified

Origin of convexify

From convex + -ify.

Words formed from convexify

Questions about convexify

What does convexify mean?
Convexify means to make convex.
What part of speech is convexify?
Convexify is a verb.
What is the past tense of convexify?
The past tense of convexify is convexified.

Words near convexify in the dictionary

  1. convexifiable
  2. convexification
  3. convexifications
  4. convexified
  5. convexifies
  6. convexify
  7. convexifying
  8. convexing
  9. convexion
  10. convexital
  11. convexities

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