English Explanatory Dictionary

vertex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The highest point, top or apex of something.
  2. The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
  3. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
  4. The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
  5. The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
  6. A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
  7. One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
  8. A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
  9. The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
  10. An interaction point.
  11. The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
  12. A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".

Pronunciation

/ˈvɜː.tɛks/ /ˈvɝˌtɛks/ en-us-vertex.ogg

Word forms

vertex vertices vertexes vertice

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.

Synonyms

acme apex peak top node

Antonyms

fundus

Related words

vertical Mathworld article on vertices of polyhedra Mathworld article on vertices of polygons

Derived words

antivertex covertex frontovertex hypervertex intervertex intravertex nonvertex supervertex vertexal vertexial vertex angle vertex cover vertex figure vertex form vertexless vertex separation number vertexwise

Translations

Aragonese: vértiz Bulgarian: връх Catalan: vèrtex Czech: vrchol Danish: toppunkt Dutch: toppunt Dutch: hoek Finnish: huippu Finnish: kärki French: sommet Georgian: ზენიტი Georgian: მწვერვალი German: Spitze German: Gipfel German: Scheitelpunkt German: Gipfelpunkt German: Eckpunkt German: Ecke Hebrew: פסגה Hebrew: קודקוד Hungarian: csúcs Hungarian: csúcspont Hungarian: tetőpont Ingrian: kukkula Italian: vertice Japanese: 頂 Japanese: 頂点 Japanese: 節点 Korean: 정점 Korean: 꼭짓점 Lithuanian: viršūnė Macedonian: врв Macedonian: теме Māori: akitu Norwegian Bokmål: toppunkt Plautdietsch: Spetz Polish: wierzchołek Portuguese: cume Portuguese: vértice Portuguese: topo Russian: верши́на Russian: верху́шка Serbo-Croatian: vrh Serbo-Croatian: teme Slovak: vrchol Spanish: cumbre Spanish: vértice Arabic: رَأْس Armenian: գագաթ Chinese Mandarin: 頂點 /顶点 Chinese Mandarin: 節點 /节点 Esperanto: vertico Greek: κορυφή Ancient Greek: κορυφή Hindi: शीर्ष Irish: stuaic Norwegian: hjørne Persian: رأس Romanian: vârf Sanskrit: विषुवत् Tagalog: tuktok Tagalog: bagtasan
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