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.