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noun (vertices)
- The highest point of something.
- (anatomy) The highest point on the skull.
- (mathematics)
- (geometry) Informally; a corner.
- (angle) The common point of the two rays of the angle.
- (polygon) The meeting points of two sides.
- (polyhedron) The meeting point of three or more faces and an equal number of edges.
- (polytope) a point where the corners of three or more cells meet and connect to each other.
- {curve} a point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined by zero or more edges to other vertices.
- (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its x-, y-, and z-coordinates.
- (optics) the point where the surface of an optical element crosses the optical axis.
- (nuclear or particle physics) the interaction point.
- (astrology) where the Prime Vertical meets the ecliptic in the west.
Etymology: vertex, top, peak, from vertere, to turn
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