1. (Zoology) either of a pair of sensory appendages that arise from the mouthparts of crustaceans and insects. 2. (Zoology) either of a pair of tactile organs arising from the head or anterior end of certain annelids and molluscs. [C19: from French, from Latin palpus a touching]
Convex, meaning curving out or extending outward (compare concave), may refer to: Convex set in mathematics Convex function in mathematics convex polygon a polygon in which no line segment between two points on the boundary ever goes outside the polygon.
Convexity is a measure of the amount of âwhipâ in the bondâs price yield curve and is so named because of the convex shape of the curve. Because of the shape of the price yield curve, for a given change in yield down or up, the gain in price for a drop in yield will be greater than the fall in price due to an equal rise in yields.