vertex

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a point where two or more lines, edges, or curves meet, especially a corner of a geometric figure

   Each vertex of the triangle joins two sides.

2. 2
   noun

   the highest point or apex of something

   The climbers finally reached the vertex of the ridge.

Common collocations

• starting vertex Adjective + noun

Borrowed from Latin vertex ("whirl, crown, summit"), from vertere ("to turn"). The geometric sense treats a corner as the point at which a line turns; the sense "highest point" continues the Latin idea of a crown or summit.

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