convex
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And, he warns, it won’t just be 18 basis points each year — because absorption costs are convex, this depletion will accelerate if debt continues to outpace financial capacity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
I’d run my fingers across the convex pyramid textures in the same way other people lay under a weighted blanket or ate sour candy, jolting my subconscious back into the here and now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The bottle has an unusual convex base, meaning it cannot stand upright, and it is made of coarse glass, full of tiny air bubbles.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
On a convex or tubular structure such as the outside surface of a blood vessel, cells tend to move circumferentially around the shape.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
“The dorsal fin on a basking shark is rounded on top and convex in the back,” she said, making shapes with her hand.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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