APOTHEM


Meaning of APOTHEM in English

/ap"euh them'/ , n. Geom.

a perpendicular from the center of a regular polygon to one of its sides.

[ 1855-60; apothème, prob. on the model of Gk hypóthema base; see APO-, THEME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .