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Word: Apothem
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Greek apotithenai ‘put aside, deposit’, from apo ‘away’ + tithenai ‘to place’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈapəθɛm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a line from the centre of a regular polygon at right angles to any of its sides.
Short Definition:line from centre of regular polygon at right angles to any of its sides
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