Geometric Concepts

verb to divide into two equal parts

• The mathematician used a ruler and compass to accurately bisect the line segment.
• I watched as my friend tried to bisect the cake perfectly down the middle.
• I totally bisected that argument with my killer comeback.
• The river seemed to bisect the forest, dividing it into two distinct halves.

noun the quality or state of being convex; a curved shape that bulges outward

adjective convex

• The convexity of the lens causes light to converge at a focal point.
• The convexity of the mirror makes things look bigger.
• I love how the convexity of the sunglasses makes my face look slimmer.
• The convexity of her argument made it impossible to refute.

noun a person related by marriage

adjective relating to or denoting a relationship by marriage and not by blood

• The transformation between two affine spaces can be described by an affine map.
• An affine transformation basically just moves things around without distorting them.
• Affine stuff is all about shifting and scaling without changing the shape.
• In a way, our relationship can be seen as an affine transformation, changing but staying connected.