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Definition of Apothem

1. n. The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

Definition of Apothem

1. Noun. (geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides. ¹

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Definition of Apothem

1. the perpendicular from the center to any side of a regular polygon [n -S]

Medical Definition of Apothem

1. 1. The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon. 2. A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air. Origin: Gr. + that which is placed, to place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Apothem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane Geometry: Experiment, Classification, Discovery, Application by Clarence Addison Willis (1922)
"Find by measurement the radius and apothem of a regular pentagon of which the side is 1.4 inches. 2. Find by measurement the side and radius of a regular ..."

2. Manual of Mensuration: For Common and High Schools by Henry H. Hutton (1882)
"To find the apothem of any regular polygon we have only to multiply the corresponding apothem in the table by the side of the given polygon. ..."

3. The Elements of Geometry by George Bruce Halsted (1886)
"The radius of its inscribed circle is called its apothem. 437. The side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle is equal to the radius. ..."

4. An Inductive Manual of the Straight Line and the Circle: With Many Exercises by William John Meyers (1894)
"A perpendicular let fall from the in-center of any regular polygon or chain upon any side or link is called an apothem. 160. ..."

5. Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry by Alan Sanders (1903)
"... 342 variable, 340 Radius, 20 Ratio, 340 extreme and mean, 551 Rays, of pencil, 512 Rectangle, 194 Regular polygon, 707 angle at center of, 716 apothem ..."

6. New Franklin Arithmetic by Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton (1895)
"The perpendicular drawn from the center to any side of a regular polygon is called the apothem. Fig. 42. FIG. 42. 588. The area of one of the triangles is ..."

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