vertex Definition
ver·tex (vʉr′teks′)
noun pl. -·tex′es or -·ti·ces′-tə sēz′
- the highest point; summit; apex, as the top point of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon
- Anat., Zool. the top or crown of the head
- Geom.
- the point of intersection of the two sides of an angle
- a corner point of a triangle, square, cube, parallelepiped, or other geometric figure bounded by lines, planes, or lines and planes
- Optics the point at the center of a lens at which the axis of symmetry intersects the curve of the lens
Etymology: L, the top, properly the turning point < vertere, to turn: see verse
vertex Synonyms
vertex Usage Examples
Preposition: of
polygon: The other problem comes when a hatch line passes through a vertex of the polygon.
Converse of object
- select: If this entry is not available you have failed to select vertex G.
- find: Find the neighboring vertex with the largest number of incident edges.
- fail: If it returns fail the new vertex or edge is not generated!
- contain: Merge Classes This menu entry merges all classes within each level that contain a selected vertex.
- take: I am not asking you to take a psychiatric vertex at this point - it is too early.
- move: You need this option if you have moved a vertex without its class ( holding down the SHIFT key ).
Adjective modifier
- selected: The user is prompted for every selected vertex, which label it should have.
- primary: Tracks are now coming from the same primary vertex.
- common: To achieve smooth results, any triangles which share a common vertex should have the same normal vector at that vertex.
- single: These events are represented by a single vertex in a Feynman diagram.
- new: You will get a new vertex 12 for an index 24 subgroup.
- first: By way of example, how to draw a triangle: DRAW MOVE to first vertex.
Modifies a noun
- shaders: Skills required: - C++ , Object-oriented Design, DirectX, pixel & vertex shaders, 3D maths.
- shader: Stream out allows the graphics card to output the pixel or vertex shader information directly to the memory, allowing faster access time.
- pipeline: Note: It's not possible to change drawing attributes ( color, ... ) in the middle of a vertex pipeline in Ygl.
- detector: After the silicon vertex detector is the Central Outer Tracker, a gas drift chamber which operates via the detection of charged ions.
- v: Dijkstra's algorithm is as follows: Input: A graph G and a specified vertex v 1.
- manipulation: Well, our friend, vertex manipulation can be applied!
Noun used with modifier
decay: For charged decays the detector is capable of reconstructing the position of the decay vertex.
Browse dictionary entries near vertex
- ‹ vertebration
- ‹ vertebrate
- ‹ vertebral
- ‹ vertebrae
- ‹ vertebra
- ‹ vert
- ‹ versus
- ‹ verst
- ‹ verso
- ‹ version

