Definition:Triangle (Geometry)/Isosceles/Apex

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Definition

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The vertex opposite the base of an isosceles triangle is called the apex of the triangle.

In the above diagram, $A$ is the apex.


Also known as

The apex of an isosceles triangle is also called variously:

head angle
vertex

Neither of these terms is endorsed on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ for obvious reasons.


Linguistic Note

The plural of apex is apices, which is pronounced ay-pi-seez.

The form apexes can often be seen, but this is technically incorrect.

Compare vertex, whose plural is vertices.


Hence the colloquial phrase base over apex as the description of a particularly flamboyant physical tumble.