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.
American Heritage
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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

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