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Vertex vs Summit - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between vertex and summit

is that vertex is the highest point of something while summit is a peak; the top of a mountain.

As a verb summit is

to reach the summit of a mountain.

vertex

English

(wikipedia vertex)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The highest point of something.
  • (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull.
  • (geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes.
  • (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
  • (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
  • (computer graphics) A point in space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
  • (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
  • (nuclear, or, particle physics) An interaction point.
  • (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.

    • Synonyms

    * (highest point) acme, apex, peak, top * (part of a graph) node

    Derived terms

    * vertexal, vertexial

    See also

    * Mathworld article on vertices of polyhedra * Mathworld article on verticies of polygons ----

    summit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
    • In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
  • (countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
    • They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

    Usage notes

    Colloquially summit' is used for only the highest point of a mountain, while in mountaineering any point that is higher than surrounding points is a '''summit , such as the South Summit of (Mount Everest). These are distinguished by (topographic prominence) as ''subsummits'' (low prominence) or ''independent summits (high prominence).

    Synonyms

    * acme, apex, peak, zenith

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

  • (transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
  • * 2012 , Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic , vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:
    • Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited .

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