# `GraphVertexDefinition` [interface-GraphVertexDefinition]

| Name | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `exclude` | string[] | Prevents the specified terms from being included in the results. |
| `field` | [Field](./Field.md) | Identifies a field in the documents of interest. |
| `include` | ([GraphVertexInclude](./GraphVertexInclude.md) | string)[] | Identifies the terms of interest that form the starting points from which you want to spider out. |
| `min_doc_count` | [long](./long.md) | Specifies how many documents must contain a pair of terms before it is considered to be a useful connection. This setting acts as a certainty threshold. |
| `shard_min_doc_count` | [long](./long.md) | Controls how many documents on a particular shard have to contain a pair of terms before the connection is returned for global consideration. |
| `size` | [integer](./integer.md) | Specifies the maximum number of vertex terms returned for each field. |