Word of the Day!
01/15/2013 16:47
Vertex
\ VUR-teks \ , noun;
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 leftside 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 agroup 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 ageometrical solid common to three or more sides. C. The intersection of two sides of a plane figure.
