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.
convex. adj. 1. curving or bulging outwards. 2. (General Physics) physics having one or two surfaces curved or ground in the shape of a section of the exterior of a sphere, paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc: a convex lens. 3. (Mathematics) maths (of a polygon) containing no interior angle greater than 180Â°.