Definitions for vertex

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vertex ver·tex

Spelling: [vur-teks]

IPA: /ˈvɜr tɛks/

Vertex is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in vertex (eertvx).

Definitions for vertex

noun

1. the highest point of something; apex; summit; top:
2. Anatomy, Zoology. the crown or top of the head.
3. 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.
4. Astronomy. a point in the celestial sphere toward which or from which the common motion of a group of stars is directed.
5. Geometry. the point farthest from the base: a point in a geometrical solid common to three or more sides. the intersection of two sides of a plane figure.

Origin of vertex

1560-70; Latin: a whirl, top (of the head), equivalent to vert(ere) to turn + -ex (stem -ic-) noun suffix

Examples for vertex

The angle opposite the base of a triangle is called the vertex.

Synciput: that portion of the vertex lying between the eyes.

Fastigium: Orthoptera; the extreme point or front of vertex.

The summit or vertex of anything; as the upper point of a triangle.

Comate -us: only the upper part of head, or vertex, covered with hair.

Sinciput: in Coleoptera; that part of the vertex between the eyes.

Facial angle: the angle formed by the junction of the face and vertex.

Also a right line proceeding from the vertex of a cone to the middle of its base.

Black; the joints of the antennæ, from the 6th to 13th, white, the vertex also white.

vertexal: occurring on or near the vertex, or directed toward it.