English-Thai Dictionary

vertex

N จุดสูงสุด  จุด ขีดสุด  peak summit zenith point jud-sung-sud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERTEX

n.[L. from veto, to turn; primarily a round point. ] 1. The crown or top of the head.
2. The top of a hill or other thing; the point of a cone, pyramid, angle or figure; the pole of a glass, in optics. The vertex of a curve, is the point from which the diameter is drawn, or the intersection of the diameter and the curve.
3. In astronomy, the zenith; the point of the heavens perpendicularly over the head.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VERTEX

Ver "tex, n.; pl. Vertexes, L. Vertices. Etym: [L. vertex, -icis, a whirl, top of the head, top, summit, from vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. Vortex. ]

 

Defn: A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex. Specifically: --(a ) (Anat. )

 

Defn: The top, or crown, of the head. (b ) (Anat. ) The zenith, or the point of the heavens directly overhead. (c ) (Math. ) The point in any figure opposite to, and farthest from, the base; the terminating point of some particular line or lines in a figure or a curve; the top, or the point opposite the base.

 

Note: The principal vertex of a conic section is, in the parabola, the vertex of the axis of the curve: in the ellipse, either extremity of either axis, but usually the left-hand vertex of the transverse axis; in the hyperbola, either vertex, but usually the right-hand vertex of the transverse axis. Vertex of a curve (Math. ), the point in which the axis of the curve intersects it. -- Vertex of an angle (Math. ), the point in which the sides of the angle meet. -- Vertex of a solid, or of a surface of revolution (Math. ), the point in which the axis pierces the surface.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vertex

ver tex |ˈvərˌteks ˈvərˌtɛks | ▶noun ( pl. vertices |-təˌsēz | or vertexes ) 1 the highest point; the top or apex. • Anatomy the crown of the head. 2 Geometry each angular point of a polygon, polyhedron, or other figure. • a meeting point of two lines that form an angle. • the point at which an axis meets a curve or surface. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, ‘whirlpool, crown of a head, vertex, ’ from vertere ‘to turn. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

vertex

vertex |ˈvəːtɛks | ▶noun ( pl. vertices |-tɪsiːz | or vertexes ) 1 the highest point; the top or apex. • Anatomy the crown of the head. 2 Geometry each angular point of a polygon, polyhedron, or other figure. • a meeting point of two lines that form an angle. • the point at which an axis meets a curve or surface. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin, ‘whirlpool, crown of a head, vertex ’, from vertere ‘to turn ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vertex

vertex noun a line drawn from the vertex of the figure to the base: apex, peak, pinnacle, zenith, crown, crest, tip, top.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vertex

vertex noun a line was drawn from the vertex of the figure to the middle of the base: apex, peak, tip, top, summit, pinnacle, crest, brow, crown, height, highest point; technical acme, zenith, apogee.

 

Duden Dictionary

Vertex

Ver tex Substantiv, maskulin , der |V e rtex |der Vertex; Genitiv: des Vertex, Plural: die Vertices |[…tit͜seːs ] |lateinisch ; »Scheitel «1 Medizin Scheitel, Spitze eines Organs, besonders der höchstgelegene Teil des Schädels 2 Astronomie gemeinsamer Zielpunkt der Bewegung einer Gruppe von Sternen

 

Spanish Dictionary

vértex

vértex nombre masculino anat Parte más alta del cráneo de los vertebrados y de los insectos .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vertex

ver tex /və́ː r teks /名詞 複 ～es, vertices /-sìːz /C 1 〘数 〙頂点, 角頂 ; (2辺の )交点 .2 頂上, 頂点 .