Meaning

11 senses
  1. The highest point, top or apex of something.

    The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow.

    He reached the vertex of his career after decades of work.

    Spitze, Gipfel, Scheitelpunkt

    верши́наveršína, верху́шкаverxúška

    the highest point (of something)

  2. The highest point, top or apex of something.

    The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.

    Scheitel

    те́мяtémja, маку́шкаmakúška, ма́ковкаmákovka

    ті́м'яtímʺja, ма́ківкаmákivka

  3. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.

    The common point of the two rays that form an angle.

    Scheitelpunkt, Eckpunkt, Ecke

    верши́наveršína

  4. The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.

  5. A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.

  6. One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.

    Knoten, Ecke

    верши́наveršína

  7. A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.

    Scheitelpunkt

    верши́наveršína

  8. The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.

  9. (particle)An interaction point.

  10. The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.

  11. A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".

    the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Every edge begins at that vertex.

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  2. How many vertices does a cube have?

    ruСколько вершин у куба?

    deWie viele Ecken hat ein Würfel?

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  3. Where there's a vertex, there must be an edge.

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  4. How many vertices and faces does a pentagonal prism have?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
highest surface on skull:
Русский
By meaning 2
highest point:
highest surface on skull:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
highest point:
highest surface on skull:
corner of a polygon or polyhedron:
element of a graph:

Origin

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

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

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