Associations to the word «Apothem»

Wiktionary

APOTHEM, noun. (geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
APOTHEM, noun. (geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).

Wise words

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