CONVEX POLYGON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex; it can be cut by a straight line in at most two points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("convex polygon" is a kind of...):

polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)

Antonym:

concave polygon (a polygon such that there is a straight line that cuts it in four or more points)