vertex
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
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Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.
Inflected forms:
form: vertices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vertexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vertice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: The highest point, top or apex of something.
pos: noun
examples: The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow.
He reached the vertex of his career after decades of work.
gloss: The highest point, top or apex of something.
pos: noun
gloss: An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
pos: noun
gloss: An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
pos: noun
gloss: A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
pos: noun
gloss: A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
pos: noun
gloss: The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
pos: noun
gloss: An interaction point.
pos: noun
tags: particle
gloss: The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
pos: noun
gloss: A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
pos: noun
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:
lang: Aragonese
word: vértiz
lang: Bulgarian
word: връх
roman: vrǎh
lang: Catalan
word: vèrtex
lang: Czech
word: vrchol
lang: Danish
word: toppunkt
lang: Dutch
word: toppunt
lang: Finnish
word: huippu
lang: French
word: sommet
lang: Georgian
word: ზენიტი
roman: zeniṭi
lang: German
word: Spitze
lang: German
word: Gipfel
lang: German
word: Scheitelpunkt
lang: German
word: Gipfelpunkt
lang: Hebrew
word: פסגה
roman: pisga
lang: Hungarian
word: csúcs
lang: Hungarian
word: csúcspont
lang: Hungarian
word: tetőpont
lang: Ingrian
word: kukkula
lang: Italian
word: vertice
lang: Japanese
word: 頂
roman: itadaki
lang: Japanese
word: 頂点
roman: chōten
lang: Korean
word: 정점
roman: jeongjeom
lang: Lithuanian
word: viršūnė
lang: Macedonian
word: врв
roman: vrv
lang: Māori
word: akitu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: toppunkt
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Spetz
lang: Polish
word: wierzchołek
lang: Portuguese
word: cume
lang: Portuguese
word: vértice
lang: Portuguese
word: topo
lang: Russian
word: верши́на
roman: veršína
lang: Russian
word: верху́шка
roman: verxúška
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vrh
lang: Slovak
word: vrchol
lang: Spanish
word: cumbre
lang: Spanish
word: vértice
lang: Arabic
word: رَأْس
roman: raʔs
lang: Armenian
word: գագաթ
roman: gagatʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təpə nöqtəsi
lang: Bulgarian
word: връх
roman: vrǎh
lang: Catalan
word: vèrtex
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 頂點 /顶点
roman: dǐngdiǎn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 節點 /节点
roman: jiédiǎn
lang: Czech
word: vrchol
lang: Dutch
word: hoek
lang: Esperanto
word: vertico
lang: Finnish
word: kärki
lang: French
word: sommet
lang: Georgian
word: მწვერვალი
roman: mc̣vervali
lang: German
word: Scheitelpunkt
lang: German
word: Eckpunkt
lang: German
word: Ecke
lang: Greek
word: κορυφή
roman: koryfí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κορυφή
roman: koruphḗ
lang: Hebrew
word: קודקוד
roman: kodkód
lang: Hindi
word: शीर्ष
roman: śīrṣ
lang: Hungarian
word: csúcs
lang: Ingrian
word: kukkula
lang: Irish
word: stuaic
lang: Italian
word: vertice
lang: Japanese
word: 頂点
roman: chōten
lang: Japanese
word: 節点
roman: setten
lang: Korean
word: 정점
roman: jeongjeom
lang: Korean
word: 꼭짓점
roman: kkokjitjeom
lang: Lithuanian
word: viršūnė
lang: Macedonian
word: теме
roman: teme
lang: Māori
word: akitu
lang: Norwegian
word: hjørne
lang: Persian
word: رأس
lang: Polish
word: wierzchołek
lang: Portuguese
word: vértice
lang: Romanian
word: vârf
lang: Russian
word: верши́на
roman: veršína
lang: Sanskrit
word: विषुवत्
roman: viṣuvat
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vrh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: teme
lang: Spanish
word: vértice
lang: Tagalog
word: tuktok
lang: Tagalog
word: bagtasan
lang: Tamil
word: உச்சி
roman: ucci
lang: Turkish
word: köşenokta
lang: Urdu
word: شیرش
roman: śīrṣ