ALL meanings of vertex
ver·tex
V v - noun vertex mountain: summit 1
- noun vertex geometry: highest point 1
- noun plural vertex the highest point of something; apex; summit; top: the vertex of a mountain. 1
- noun plural vertex Anatomy, Zoology. the crown or top of the head. 1
- noun plural vertex Craniometry. the highest point on the midsagittal plane of the skull or head viewed from the left side when the skull or head is in the Frankfurt horizontal. 1
- noun plural vertex Astronomy. a point in the celestial sphere toward which or from which the common motion of a group of stars is directed. 1
- noun plural vertex Geometry. the point farthest from the base: the vertex of a cone or of a pyramid. a point in a geometrical solid common to three or more sides. the intersection of two sides of a plane figure. 1
- noun vertex The highest point of something. 0
- noun vertex (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull. 0
- noun vertex (geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes. 0
- noun vertex (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature. 0
- noun vertex (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices. 0
- noun vertex (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates. 0
- noun vertex (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis. 0
- noun vertex (nuclear or particle physics) An interaction point. 0
- noun vertex (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart. 0
- noun vertex the highest point 0
- noun vertex the point opposite the base of a figure 0
- noun vertex the point of intersection of two sides of a plane figure or angle 0
- noun vertex the point of intersection of a pencil of lines or three or more planes of a solid figure 0
- noun vertex a point in the sky towards which a star stream appears to move 0
- noun vertex the crown of the head 0
- noun vertex the highest point; summit; apex, as the top point of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon 0
- noun vertex the top or crown of the head 0
- noun vertex the point of intersection of the two sides of an angle 0
- noun vertex a corner point of a triangle, square, cube, parallelepiped, or other geometric figure bounded by lines, planes, or lines and planes 0
- noun vertex the point at the center of a lens at which the axis of symmetry intersects the curve of the lens 0