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vertices

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ver·ti·ces  (vûrt-sz)
n.
A plural of vertex.

vertices [ˈvɜːtɪˌsiːz]
n
a plural of vertex (in technical and scientific senses only)


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Our Soldiers and Lowest Classes of Workmen are Triangles with two equal sides, each about eleven inches long, and a base or third side so short (often not exceeding half an inch) that they form at their vertices a very sharp and formidable angle.
Ten years ago Lavalle, "that imperturbable dreamer of the heavens," as Lazareff hailed him, gathered together the fruits of a lifetime's labour, and gave it, with well-justified contempt, to a world bound hand and foot to Barald's Theory of Vertices and "compensating electric nodes.
 
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