ALL meanings of apothem
ap·o·them
A a - noun apothem the perpendicular line or distance from the centre of a regular polygon to any of its sides 3
- noun apothem the perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to any one of its sides 3
- noun apothem (geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. 1
- noun apothem a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides. 1
- noun apothem (geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above). 0