Edge
Edge (in the 17th century with the meaning "edge, corner" from Lower Germany, from Gallic Latin canthus "iron wheel tire, wheel rim ") denotes:
- generally a line in which two surfaces meet
- in everyday life furniture edges , house corners, drip edges, etc.
- in the topography lines, where the slope of the terrain changes significantly, see terrain level
- an edge or fold on textiles, e.g. B. the selvedge , a trim or the fabric break
- In image processing, a discontinuity in the spatial gray value function g (x) of the image plane, see edge detection
- in film and photography a light directed mostly from behind on the subject (also effect light, hair light), see light guidance
- Edge (unit) , a piece measure in Fulda
- Agar in the Japanese language - a gelling agent obtained from algae
- Kante (band) , a music group from Hamburg
Mathematics:
- Line (geometry) , the shortest connection between two corners of a geometric figure ( body or polygon )
- Edge (graph theory) , an element of a graph that connects two of its nodes
Edge is the family name of the following people:
- Eddy Kante (* 1959), German bodyguard, actor and musician
See also:
Wiktionary: Edge - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title begins with an edge
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title contains Edge
- High edge , a place in the canopy of a bed where wealthy people used to hide their savings
- Warm edge , in the case of multi-pane insulating glass, an edge where the spacer between the panes of glass is made of materials with low thermal conductivity
- Kanté (disambiguation)
- Edges (bread cut)
