Word Of The Day : Vertex

Vertex (n)  
plural ver·tex·es, ver·ti·ces

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.
c. the intersection of two sides of a plane figure.

One of the common words mostly used on scientific grounds and also to represent the peak of a situation. The word originated from Latin.

Usage:
-- To the left you see the excepted triangle plots, with each vertex representing an ancestral component.
-- To delete a vertex , place the pointer over a shaded vertex box and press the delete key.
-- The cells are usually hexagons and one tower with a tri-dimensional antenna sits at the vertex of three cells.

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