vertex
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 6
/ˈvɜː.tɛks/
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/ˈvɜː.tɛks/ · /ˈvɝˌtɛks/
Definition of vertex
11 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
- The highest point, top or apex of something.
- An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
- An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
- A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- (particle)An interaction point.
- The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
- A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.
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