English Explanatory Dictionary

apothem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
  2. The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).

Pronunciation

ăpə-thĕm′ /ˈæp.ə.θɛm/ en-us-apothegm.ogg

Word forms

apothem apothems

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apóthema, “deposit”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, away”) + θέμα (théma, “that which is laid down”).

Translations

Bulgarian: апотема Catalan: apotema Chinese Mandarin: 邊心距 /边心距 Finnish: apoteema French: apothème German: Inkreisradius Greek: απόστημα Hungarian: apotéma Ido: apotemo Indonesian: apotema Māori: toropū hāngai Polish: apotema Portuguese: apótema Russian: апофе́ма Spanish: apotema
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