Vertex

Not to be confused with vortex.

Vertex, vertices or vertexes may refer to:

Science and technology

Mathematics and computer science

• Vertex (geometry), a point where two or more curves, lines, or edges meet
• Vertex (computer graphics), a data structure that describes the position of a point
• Vertex (curve), a point of a plane curve where the first derivative of curvature is zero
• Vertex (graph theory), the fundamental unit of which graphs are formed
• Vertex (topography), in a triangulated irregular network
• Vertex of a representation, in finite group theory

Physics

• Vertex (physics), the reconstructed location of an individual particle collision
• Vertex (optics), a point where the optical axis crosses an optical surface
• Vertex function, describing the interaction between a photon and an electron

Biology and anatomy

• Vertex (anatomy), the highest point of the head
• Vertex (urinary bladder), alternative name of the apex of urinary bladder
• Vertex distance, the distance between the surface of the cornea of the eye and a lens situated in front of it
• Vertex presentation, a head-first presentation at childbirth

Businesses

• Vertex (company), an American business services provider
• Vertex Holdings, an investment holding company in Singapore
• Vertex Inc, an American tax compliance software and services company
• Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American biotech company
• Vertex Railcar, a Chinese-American manufacturer of railroad rolling stock 2014–2018
• Vertex Resource Group, a Canadian environmental services company

Other uses

• Vertex (album), by Buck 65, 1997
• Vertex (band), formed in 1996
• Vertex (astrology), the point where the prime vertical intersects the ecliptic

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Vertex
• All pages with titles containing Vertex
• Virtex (disambiguation)
• Vortex (disambiguation)
• Vertex model, a type of statistical mechanics model
• Vertex operator algebra in conformal field theory