Vertex, vertices or vertexes may refer to:
Science and technology
Mathematics and computer science
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Vertex (geometry)
In geometry, a vertex (: vertices or vertexes), also called a corner, is a point (geometry), point where two or more curves, line (geometry), lines, or line segments Tangency, meet or Intersection (geometry), intersect. For example, the point wh ...
, a point where two or more curves, lines, or edges meet
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Vertex (computer graphics)
A vertex (plural vertices) in computer graphics is a data structure that describes certain attributes, like the position of a point in 2D or 3D space, or multiple points on a Computer representation of surfaces, surface.
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, a data structure that describes the position of a point
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Vertex (curve)
In the geometry of plane curves, a vertex is a point of where the first derivative of curvature is zero. This is typically a local maximum or minimum of curvature, and some authors define a vertex to be more specifically a local extremum of c ...
, a point of a plane curve where the first derivative of curvature is zero
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Vertex (graph theory)
In discrete mathematics, and more specifically in graph theory, a vertex (plural vertices) or node is the fundamental unit of which graphs are formed: an undirected graph consists of a set of vertices and a set of edges (unordered pairs of ve ...
, the fundamental unit of which graphs are formed
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Vertex (topography), in a triangulated irregular network
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Vertex of a representation, in finite group theory
Physics
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Vertex (physics), the reconstructed location of an individual particle collision
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Vertex (optics), a point where the optical axis crosses an optical surface
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Vertex function, describing the interaction between a photon and an electron
Biology and anatomy
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Vertex (anatomy)
In arthropod and vertebrate anatomy, the vertex (or ''cranial vertex'') is the highest point of the head.
In humans, the vertex is formed by four bones of the skull: the frontal bone, the two parietal bones, and the occipital bone. These bones ar ...
, the highest point of the head
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Vertex (urinary bladder), alternative name of the apex of urinary bladder
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Vertex distance, the distance between the surface of the cornea of the eye and a lens situated in front of it
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Vertex presentation, a head-first presentation at childbirth
Businesses
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Vertex (company)
Vertex is a call centre operator that also offers a variety of other business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer management outsourcing services.
Originally the back office service function inside UK utility company United Utilities, Vertex ...
, an American business services provider
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Vertex Holdings, an investment holding company in Singapore
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Vertex Inc, an American tax compliance software and services company
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American biotech company
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Vertex Railcar, a Chinese-American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock 2014–2018
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Vertex Resource Group, a Canadian environmental services company
Other uses
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''Vertex'' (album), by Buck 65, 1997
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''Vertex'' (band), formed in 1996
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Vertex (astrology), the point where the prime vertical intersects the ecliptic
See also
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Virtex (disambiguation)
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Vortex (disambiguation)
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Vertex model, a type of statistical mechanics model
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Vertex operator algebra in conformal field theory
External links
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