Refine this word faster
Vertex
//ˈvɜː.tɛks// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The highest point, top or apex of something.
"The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow."
- 2 the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure wordnet
- 3 The highest point, top or apex of something.; The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
- 4 the highest point (of something) wordnet
- 5 An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.; The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
Show 8 more definitions
- 6 An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.; The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
- 7 A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- 8 One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- 9 A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- 10 The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- 11 An interaction point. particle
- 12 The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
- 13 A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.
See also for "vertex"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: vertex