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.
A convex quadrilateral is a four-sided figure with interior angles of less than 180 degrees each and both of its diagonals contained within the shape. A diagonal is a line drawn from one angle to an opposite angle, and the two diagonals intersect at one point.