convexing

Verb

convex (third-person singular simple present convexes, present participle convexing, simple past and past participle convexed)

1. (intransitive) To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex.
   • In like manner the north pier will convex seaward, extending across the bay to the extent of 1000 feet from low water, terminating in about eight fathoms, leaving a clear entrance of 500 feet between the pier heads, the depth of the entrance being from seven to eight fathoms.1859 November, “Harbours of Refuge”, in The United Service Magazine, page 347
2. (transitive) To cause to form a convex curve or surface; to make convex.
   • The back edge of the saw being under the lip of the cleat, use the anvil for a fulcrum and press down on the edge of the saw opposite, which will convex the plate, as the springing up concaved it, and the action of the fast and loose will be the reverse; that is, the fast will go down and the loose...1898 March, Junius, “Tension in Saws”, in The Wood-worker, volume 17, number 1, page 24
3. (ambitransitive) To circulate or cause to circulate in a curved path; to cause or exhibit convection.
   • The crystal/melt interface thus convexes into the melt; however, the convexity of the interface ( Figure 53 ) is not as strong as it is when the crucible does not rotate (Figure 52).2011, Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology, page 156

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