vertex
英 ['v??teks]
美['v?t?ks]
- n. 顶点；[昆] 头顶；[天] 天顶
TEM8GRE扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?vertexes;? vertices;? vertexs;
助记提示
1、vert- + -ex.
2、字面含义：that which turns, the turning point. => whirling column, whirlpool. => highest point, the point opposite the base in geometry.
3、其原始含义或者说最初含义为：whirling column, whirlpool. 也就是：漩涡，漩涡所涌出的漩涡柱；想象一下升起的漩涡柱顶端的顶点。再想象一下咱们物理学中的“钟摆模型”，其自由转动只会低于其中心的转动点。
4. 转折点---顶点就是发生转折的点。
2、字面含义：that which turns, the turning point. => whirling column, whirlpool. => highest point, the point opposite the base in geometry.
3、其原始含义或者说最初含义为：whirling column, whirlpool. 也就是：漩涡，漩涡所涌出的漩涡柱；想象一下升起的漩涡柱顶端的顶点。再想象一下咱们物理学中的“钟摆模型”，其自由转动只会低于其中心的转动点。
4. 转折点---顶点就是发生转折的点。
中文词源
vertex 顶点
来自拉丁语vertex,顶点，最高点，来自vert-,转，词源同convert,versus,-ax,最高级后缀，词源同apex,next, approximate.
英文词源
- vertex (n.)
- 1560s, "the point opposite the base in geometry," from Latin vertex "highest point," literally "the turning point," originally "whirling column, whirlpool," from vertere "to turn" (see versus). Meaning "highest point of anything" is first attested 1640s.
双语例句
- 1. Now we need a vertex buffer.
- 现在我们需要一个顶点缓冲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. A graph is regular if every vertex has the same degree.
- 如果一个图的每个顶点都具有相同的度数,则称它是正则图.
来自辞典例句
- 3. A vertex with zero outdegree is called a sink.
- 出度为零的顶点称作收点.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Every edge connects a vetex labeled 3 with a vertex labeled 4.
- 每一条线都联结一个标上3和一个标上4的顶点.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Vertex a is the initial vertex and b is the terminal vertext.
- a顶点是始端顶点,而b是末端顶点.
来自辞典例句