vertex

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɜː.tɛks/    美 /ˈvɝˌtɛks/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The highest point, top or apex of something.
    — The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow.
  2. The highest point, top or apex of something.; The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
  3. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.; The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
  4. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.; The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
  5. A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
  6. One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
  7. A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
  8. The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
  9. An interaction point. particle
  10. The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
  11. A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".

词形变化

vertices plural vertexes plural vertice alternative,nonstandard

词汇关系

衍生词
antivertex covertex frontovertex hypervertex intervertex intravertex nonvertex supervertex vertexal vertexial vertex angle vertex cover vertex figure vertex form vertexless vertex separation number vertexwise
相关词
vertical Mathworld article on vertices of polyhedra Mathworld article on vertices of polygons

词源

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