edge
Signification (English)
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- The boundary line of a surface.
- A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- An advantage.
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
Concepts
du début
au bord
Synonyms
inside corner
butt against
butt on
terminal point
bank of river
small amount
steep slope
surface appearance
obligatory contribution
outer appearance
break line
edge water
border of a garment
fringe water
main cutting edge
side of the road
lead cutting edge
major cutting
margin, rand, brim, border
mountain ridge
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɛd͡ʒ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Swedish egg, Norwegian egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).
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