apothem

n. 边心距 [医] 浸剂沉淀物

发音

US /ˈæp.ə.θɛm/

词形变化

apothems 复数 apothems

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.

    数学
  2. 2.

    The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).

    边心距

    数学

词源

From Ancient Greek ἀπόθεμα (apóthema, “deposit”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, away”) + θέμα (théma, “that which is laid down”).

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