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Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apóthema).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.poˈtɛ.ma/
- Rhymes: -ɛma
- Hyphenation: a‧po‧tè‧ma
Noun
apotema m (plural apotemi)
- apothem
Further reading
- apotema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apóthema).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɔˈtɛ.ma/
- Rhymes: -ɛma
- Syllabification: a‧po‧te‧ma
Noun
apotema f
- (geometry) apothem (the perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle)
- (geometry) apothem (the distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above))
Declension
Further reading
- apotema in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apóthema).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apoˈtema/
- Rhymes: -ema
- Syllabification: a‧po‧te‧ma
Noun
apotema f (plural apotemas)
- apothem
Further reading