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11vertex — *apex …
12vertex — meaning ‘the highest point’, has the plural form vertices (pronounced ver ti seez) or vertexes …
13vertex — [n] top acme, apex, apogee, cap, cope, crest, crown, culmination, extremity, fastigium, height, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, upper extremity, zenith; concept 836 Ant. bottom, nadir …
14vertex — [vʉr′teks΄] n. pl. vertexes or vertices [vʉr′tə sēz΄] [L, the top, properly the turning point < vertere, to turn: see VERSE] 1. the highest point; summit; apex, as the top point of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon 2. Anat. Zool. the top… …
15vertex — i. The last fix adapted on the arrival speed segment. Normally, it will be the outer marker of the runway in use. However, it may be the actual threshold or another suitable common point on the approach path for the particular runway… …
16Vertex — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Vertex peut faire référence à : Vertex, le sommet de la tête, un sommet dans le langage infographique et en Théorie des graphes, vertex d interaction …
17vertex — (vèr tèks ) s. m. Sommet de la tête dans les vertébrés, ou partie du crâne qui est située entre les deux oreilles. Nom donné quelquefois dans les insectes à la portion horizontale de la face qui touche au front, et qui est située derrière les… …
18vertex — noun (plural vertices; also vertexes) Etymology: Middle English, top of the head, from Latin vertic , vertex, vortic , vortex whirl, whirlpool, top of the head, summit, from vertere to turn Date: 14th century 1. the top of the head 2. a. the… …
19vertex — /verr teks/, n., pl. vertexes, vertices / teuh seez /. 1. the highest point of something; apex; summit; top: the vertex of a mountain. 2. Anat., Zool. the crown or top of the head. 3. Craniom. the highest point on the midsagittal plane of the… …
20Vertex — The top of the head. In a vertex presentation, the top of the baby’s head comes first at delivery. The word "vertex" in Latin means a "whirlpool, whirlwind, top of the mountain, or the top of the head." Why "top of… …
