Vertex Definition

vûrtĕks
vertexes, vertices
noun
vertexes
The highest point; summit; apex, as the top point of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon.
Webster's New World
The highest point of the skull.
American Heritage Medicine
The top or crown of the head.
Webster's New World
The point of intersection of the two sides of an angle.
Webster's New World
In astrology, the highest point reached in the apparent motion of a celestial body.
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Other Word Forms of Vertex

Noun

Singular:
vertex
Plural:
vertices, vertexes

Origin of Vertex

  • Latin whirlpool, crown of the head (where the hair forms a whorl), vertex from vertere to turn wer-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin vertex (“top, peak"), from vertere (“to turn")

    From Wiktionary

Vertex Sentence Examples

  • My cousin built his house on the vertex of the highest hill in the county.

  • The vertex of my roof needs some serious repair.

  • Above is the crown (vertex or epicranium), on which or on the " front " may be seated three simple eyes (ocelli).

  • The cartesian equation referred to the axis and directrix is y=c cosh (x/c) or y = Zc(e x / c +e x / c); other forms are s = c sinh (x/c) and y 2 =c 2 -1-s 2, being the arc measured from the vertex; the intrinsic equation is s = c tan The radius of curvature and normal are each equal to c sec t '.

  • The [ox's] horns are of nearly equal size in both sexes, are placed on or near the vertex of the skull, and may be either rounded or angulated, while their direction is more or less outwards, with an upward direction near the tips, and conspicuous knobs or ridges are never developed on their surface.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

XEXTEX

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Words Starting With V and Ending With X

Starts With V & Ends With XStarts With VE & Ends With XStarts With V & Ends With EX

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With X