Apothem Definition
ăpə-thĕm
noun
The perpendicular distance from the center of a regular polygon to any of its sides.
American Heritage
The perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to any one of its sides.
Webster's New World
(geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
Wiktionary
(geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Apothem
Noun
Singular:
apothem
Plural:
apothemsOrigin of Apothem
From Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apothema, “deposit”), from ἀπό (apo, “off, away”) + θέμα (thema, “that which is laid down”).
From Wiktionary
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apo– Greek thema something laid down theme
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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