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See also: vèrtex

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

vertex (plural vertices or vertexes)

  1. The highest point, top or apex of something.
    Synonyms: acme, apex, peak, top
    Antonym: fundus
    1. (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
  2. (geometry) An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
    1. The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
    2. The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
  3. (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
  4. (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
    Synonym: node
    Coordinate term: plot
  5. (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
  6. (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
  7. (particle physics) An interaction point.
  8. (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
  9. (typography) A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
    Coordinate term: apex

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertex.

Pronunciation

Noun

vertex m (plural vertex)

  1. (anatomy) vertex

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vertō (“to turn around, turn about”).

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Pronunciation

Noun

vertex m (genitive verticis); third declension

  1. whirl, whirlpool, eddy, vortex
  2. eddy of wind or flame, whirlwind, coil of flame
  3. (literally, anatomy) top, crown of the head
  4. (poetic) head
    vacuus vertex ― an empty head
  5. pole of the heavens (north or south)
  6. highest point, top, peak, summit (of a mountain, house, tree, etc.)
    Synonyms: cacūmen, apex, culmen, fastīgium, summitās
    Antonym: fundus
    a vertice ― frome above/at the top
    in verticem ― upright/vertically
  7. (figurative, poetic) highest, uttermost, greatest

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vertex verticēs
Genitive verticis verticum
Dative verticī verticibus
Accusative verticem verticēs
Ablative vertice verticibus
Vocative vertex verticēs

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vertex, from Latin vertex.

Pronunciation

Noun

vertex n (uncountable)

  1. vertex

Declension

declension of vertex (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) vertex vertexul
genitive/dative (unui) vertex vertexului
vocative vertexule

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