Vertex

['vɜːteks] or ['vɝtɛks]

Definition

(noun.) the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure.

(noun.) the highest point (of something); 'at the peak of the pyramid'.

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Definition

(n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.

(n.) The top, or crown, of the head.

(n.) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead.

(n.) The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base.

Checker: Nellie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Point.[2]. Top, summit, crown.[3]. Zenith.

Inputed by Frances

Definition

n. the top or summit: the point of a cone pyramid or angle; (astron.) the zenith: (anat.) the crown of the head:—pl. Ver′tices.—adj. Ver′tical pertaining to the vertex: placed in the zenith: perpendicular to the plane of the horizon.—n. a vertical line.—adv. Ver′tically.—n. Ver′ticalness.—Vertical angles opposite angles formed by intersecting lines; Vertical circle a great circle of the heavens passing through the zenith and the nadir.

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