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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley