vertex
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
vertex (plural vertices)
- The highest point of something.
- (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull.
- (geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes.
- (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- (nuclear or particle physics) An interaction point.
- (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
- (typography) A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
- French: sommet
- Italian: vertice
- Portuguese: cume, vértice, topo
- Russian: верши́на
- Spanish: cumbre, vértice
- French: sommet (de la tête)
- German: Scheitel
- Italian: vertice
- Portuguese: vértice
- Russian: те́мя
- Spanish: vértice
- French: sommet
- German: Scheitelpunkt, Eckpunkt
- Italian: vertice
- Portuguese: vértice
- Russian: верши́на
- Spanish: vértice
- French: sommet
- German: Knoten, Ecke
- Italian: nodo
- Portuguese: vértice
- Russian: верши́на
- Spanish: vértice, nodo
- German: Scheitelpunkt
- Italian: vertice
- Portuguese: vértice
- Russian: верши́на
- Spanish: vértice
- Spanish: vértice
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