Definition:Polygon/Adjacent/Vertex to Side
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This page is about Adjacent Vertex to Side in the context of Polygon. For other uses, see Adjacent.
Definition
Each side of a polygon intersects two other sides, and so is terminated at either endpoint by two vertices.
The two vertices that terminate a particular side are referred to as the adjacents of that side, or described as adjacent to that side.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): adjacent: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): adjacent: 1.