vertex

Example Sentences

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For these quantum experiments, every path a photon takes is represented by a vertex.

From Scientific American

They headed to an outcrop of the mineral dolomite on the mountain Hármashatárhegy in Budapest, Hungary, and counted the number of vertices in cracks in the stone face.

From Science Magazine

The tips and vertices of this five-pointed “DNA star” align with the antigens and carry molecules that they glom on to.

From Scientific American

But the origami exhibit is different — almost a cerebral vertex where art intersects with math.

From New York Times

Now, a team of soft-matter physicists has invented a method for designing origami by essentially assembling puzzle pieces that encode the various points or vertices where folds meet.

From Science Magazine