Crossword-Solution: APOTHEM
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Apothem | n. | The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon. |
| Apothem | n. | A deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| APOTHEM | anagram | TAPHOME |
We have 3 clues for the answer “APOTHEM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A polygon's "radius." | 1 answer |
| Line segment from the center of a regular polygon to the midpoint of one of its sides | 1 answer |
| perpendicular | 48 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with APOTHEM (5)
Figures 11 and 12 show the ratios of Cephren, viz., half base to apothem, _20 to 33 exactly_, and half base, altitude, and apothem respectively, as 80, 105, and 132, very nearly.
Figures 13 and 14 show the ratios of Mycerinus, viz., half base to apothem, 20 _to_ 32 _exactly_, and half base, altitude, and apothem respectively, as 20, 25, and 32 very nearly.
Thus, 40 : 25 :: 32 : 20; that is, half base is a fourth proportional to base, apothem, and altitude.
Thus--base of Cheops at working level, 420 cubits, and apothem 340 cubits; base area is, therefore, 176400 cubits, and area of one face is (420 cubits, multiplied by half apothem, or 170 cubits) 71400 cubits.
This leads to a consideration of the properties of the angle formed by the ratio _apothem_ 34 to _half base_ 21, peculiar to the pyramid Cheops.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1954).