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vertex

noun
/ˈvɜː.tɛks/UK/ˈvɝˌtɛks/US

Etymology

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.

  1. derived from vertex

Definitions

  1. The highest point, top or apex of something.

    • The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow.
    • He reached the vertex of his career after decades of work.

  2. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.

  3. A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.

    2. A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.

    3. The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.

    4. An interaction point.

    5. The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a…

      The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.

    6. A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".

The neighborhood

Derived

antivertex, covertex, frontovertex, hypervertex, intervertex, intravertex, nonvertex, supervertex, vertexal, vertexial, vertex angle, vertex cover, vertex figure, vertex form, vertexless, vertex separation number, vertexwise

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vertex. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vertex. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at vertex

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA