apotome

/ˈæpəʊtəm, ˈæpəʊtɒm/

Definitions

1. noun

a part cut off or separated from something, especially a segment of the circumference of a circle.

“The engineer used an apotome to calculate the missing section of the circle.”

Synonyms

  • portion
  • segment

Antonyms

  • entirety
  • whole