/
ˈvəːtɛks/
n.
(pl. vertices
/-tɪsiːz/
or vertexes)
- the highest point; the top or apex.
- Geometry each angular point of a polygon, polyhedron, or other figure.
▸a meeting point of two lines that form an angle.
- Anatomy the crown of the head.
Etymology
ME: from L., ‘whirlpool, crown of a head, vertex’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
