| Re: chat for Tues. 01-15-2013 |
Subject: Re: chat for Tues. 01-15-2013 by TommyT-Bone on 2013/1/15 14:06:04 Word of the day requires the definition. ver·tex/ˈvɜr tɛks/ Show Spelled [vur-teks] Show IPA noun, plural ver·tex·es, ver·ti·ces /-təˌsiz/ Show Spelled [-tuh-seez] Show IPA . 1. the highest point of something; apex; summit; top: the vertex of a mountain. 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 . a. the point farthest from the base: the vertex of a cone or of a pyramid. b. a point in a geometrical solid common to three or more sides. |
