Associations to the word «Apothem»

Wiktionary

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats