apothem in English dictionary

  • apothem

    Meanings and definitions of "apothem"

    • (geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides.
    • noun
      (geometry)
      The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
    • noun
      (geometry)
      The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
    • the distance from the center of a polygon to a side
    • noun
      In a regular polygon, a line segment from the center to the midpoint of one of its sides.
      The altitude of one of these isosceles triangles is called the apothem of the polygon.
    • noun
      In a regular pyramid, the slant height of a lateral face; that is, the shortest distance from apex to base on a given face.
      Jomrad remembered according to Strabo, the apothem of the Pyramid was supposed to be one stadium long.

    Grammar and declension of apothem

    • apothem ( plural  apothems)
    • apothem (plural apothems)

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