ETYM Latin, bark. Related to Cork.
Outer part, rind; gray matter of the brain.
The tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal.
In biology, the outer part of a structure such as the brain, kidney, or adrenal gland. In botany the cortex includes non-specialized cells lying just beneath the surface cells of the root and stem. + prikaži više

ETYM French part, Latin pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Related to Parent, Depart, Parcel, Partner, Party, Portion.
1. A portion of a natural object; SYN. piece.
2. Something less than the whole of a human artifact; SYN. portion.
3. Something determined in relation to something that includes it; SYN. portion, component part, component.
4. One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; SYN. section, division.
5. The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; SYN. voice.
6. So far as concerns the actor specified; or.
7. A line where the hair is parted.
Written music designated for an individual musician or group of musicians, for example the “soprano part”, in contrast to a score, which provides all the parts on each page. A part, or voice, can also be an independent line of a contrapuntal work, for example a fugue in four parts.
A large-scale section of a composition is also called a part, for example Part I of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius 1900. + prikaži više

1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
2. A separation; a departure.r /> 3. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
4. The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
5. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin vertex, -icis, a whirl, top of the head, top, summit, from vertere to turn. Related to Verse, Vortex.
1. The highest point of something; SYN. peak, apex, acme.
2. The point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure.
Apex.