vértice

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See also: vertice

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Learned borrowing from Latin verticem (“whirlpool”). Doublet of vórtice and vórtex.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.t͡ʃi.si/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁ.t͡ʃi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɻ.t͡ʃi.se/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.ti.sɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɾ.ti.sɨ/

Noun

vértice m (plural vértices)

vertex (highest point)
Synonyms: cume, topo
(anatomy) vertex (top part of the skull)
(geometry) vertex (corner of a polygon or polyhedron)
(graph theory) vertex (element joined by edges to other such points)
(computer graphics) vertex (point in 3D space)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vertex. Doublet of vórtice.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbeɾtiθe/
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈbeɾtise/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -eɾtiθe
(Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾtise
Syllabification: vér‧ti‧ce

Noun

vértice m (plural vértices)

(anatomy, geometry) vertex

Related terms

Further reading

“vértice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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