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 Mirror. A convex mirror is a spherical reflecting surface (or any reflecting surface fashioned into a portion of a sphere) in which its bulging side faces the source of light. Automobile enthusiasts often call it a fish eye mirror while other physics texts refer to it as a diverging mirror. The term âdiverging mirrorâ is based [â¦]