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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ver•ti•ces (vûr′tə sēz′),USA pronunciation n. - a pl. of vertex.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vertices /ˈvɜːtɪˌsiːz/ n - (in technical and scientific senses only) a plural of vertex
ver•tex /ˈvɜrtɛks/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tex•es, -ti•ces /-təˌsiz/USA pronunciation . - the highest point of something;
apex. - Mathematics[Geometry.]
- the point farthest from the base.
- the intersection of two sides of a plane figure.
See -vert-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ver•tex (vûr′teks),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tex•es, -ti•ces (-tə sēz′).USA pronunciation - the highest point of something;
apex;
summit;
top:the vertex of a mountain. - Anatomy, Zoologythe crown or top of the head.
- Anatomy, Physical Anthropology[Craniom.]the highest point on the midsagittal plane of the skull or head viewed from the left side when the skull or head is in the Frankfurt horizontal.
- [Astron.]a point in the celestial sphere toward which or from which the common motion of a group of stars is directed.
- Mathematics[Geom.]
- the point farthest from the base:the vertex of a cone or of a pyramid.
- a point in a geometrical solid common to three or more sides.
- the intersection of two sides of a plane figure.
- Latin: a whirl, top (of the head), equivalent. to vert(ere) to turn + -ex (stem -ic-) noun, nominal suffix
- 1560–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vertex /ˈvɜːtɛks/ n ( pl -texes, -tices / -tɪˌsiːz/)- the highest point
- the point opposite the base of a figure
- the point of intersection of two sides of a plane figure or angle
- the point of intersection of a pencil of lines or three or more planes of a solid figure
- the crown of the head
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: highest point, from vertere to turn |