vertex
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin vertex (“top, peak”), from vertere (“to turn”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːteks/
Noun[edit]
vertex (plural vertices or vertexes)
- The highest point of something.
- (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull.
- (geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes.
- (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- (nuclear or particle physics) An interaction point.
- (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (element of a graph): plot
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
highest point
anatomy: highest surface on skull
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geometry: corner of a polygon or polyhedron
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element of a graph
computer graphics: point in 3D space
optics: point where the surface of an optical element crosses the optical axis
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physics: interaction point
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See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vertex m (genitive verticis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vertex | verticēs |
Genitive | verticis | verticum |
Dative | verticī | verticibus |
Accusative | verticem | verticēs |
Ablative | vertice | verticibus |
Vocative | vertex | verticēs |
Antonyms[edit]
- (top): fundus
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- vertex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vertex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vertex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- vertex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the pole: vertex caeli, axis caeli, cardo caeli
- the pole: vertex caeli, axis caeli, cardo caeli
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- English terms derived from the PIE root *wert-
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- en:Anatomy
- en:Geometry
- en:Mathematics
- en:Graph theory
- en:Computer graphics
- en:Optics
- en:Particle physics
- en:Astrology
- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin masculine nouns in the third declension
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook