transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvər-ˌteks ]
noun
( plural ver·ti·ces ˈvər-tə-ˌsēz ; also ver·tex·es )
Etymology: Middle English, top of the head, from Latin vertic-, vertex, vortic-, vortex whirl, whirlpool, top of the head, summit, from vertere to turn
Date: 14th century
1. : the top of the head
2.
a. : the point opposite to and farthest from the base in a figure
b. : a point (as of an angle, polygon, polyhedron, graph, or network) that terminates a line or curve or comprises the intersection of two or more lines or curves
c. : a point where an axis of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola intersects the curve itself
3. : a principal or highest point : summit
the vertex of the hill