Definitions For Apothem

Noun

APOTHEM (plural APOTHEMs) (geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. (geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).

Translations

Finnish: apoteema French: apothème German: Inkreisradius, m Bulgarian: апотема Chinese: : Mandarin: 邊心距, 边心距, tr=biānxīnjù Finnish: apoteema French: apothème German: Inkreisradius, m Greek: απόστημα Hungarian: apotéma Ido: apotemo Portuguese: apótema, m Spanish: apotema, f

Etymology

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

Anagrams

mephato

Is Apothem a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
15

The word Apothem is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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