What’s the plural of “vertex”?
Vertex is singular. The plural of vertex is vertexes or vertices.
Is vertex singular or plural?
Vertex is singular. The plural of vertex is vertexes or vertices.
What’s a vertex? What’s the dictionary definition of vertex?
The word and noun vertex is defined as either “the top of the head”, or “the point opposite to and farthest from the base in a figure.”
Nouns that end in -ex and -xes/-ces
Irregular nouns that end in -ex often convert to –ces/-xes as a plural. This is a characteristic of Latin words.
| singular | plural |
| index | indexes and indices |
| matrix | matrices and matrixes |
| appendix | appendices or appendexes |
| codex | codices or codexes |
| vortex | vortices or vortexes |
| vertex | vertices or vertexes |
| apex | apices or apexes |
Examples of “vertex” used in context
Initially, every vertex has the same probability of being open to the flow of water.
The vertex of the hill.
My cousin built his house on the vertex of the highest hill in the county.
Last week, one of the students located the vertex of a parabola in a particularly elegant way.
For each bit of information, we draw a vertex (or node), called a digit node.
Examples of “vertexes”/”vertices” in sentences
Using the ruler draw lines connecting the adjacent vertices of the hexagon.
This solid has 4 faces, 4 vertices and 6 edges.
It consequently has four vertices and six edges.
It has 12 pentagonal faces, and 30 edges, which intersect in fives to form 12 vertices.
Two polyhedra are reciprocal when the faces and vertices of one correspond to the vertices and faces of the other.
Synonyms of vertex
- pinnacle
- top
- crest
- zenith
- summit
- height
- tip
- apex
- Peak
Origin of the word vertex
From etymonline on vertex:
1560s, “the point opposite the base in geometry,” from Latin vertex “highest point,” literally “the turning point”.
What’s the difference between they’re, their, and there?
Sources
- Definition of vertex.
- Synonyms for vertex.
- Origin of the word vertex.
