# Apex

The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to:

## Arts and media
### Fictional entities

* Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe
* Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe
* Apex, a genetically engineered human population in the TV series The Crossing
* APEX Medical Hospital, a fictional hospital in the Filipino TV series Abot-Kamay na Pangarap

### Music

* Apex (album), by Canadian heavy metal band Unleash the Archers
* Apex (band), a Polish heavy metal band
* Apex (musician) (1981–2017), British drum and bass music producer and DJ
* The Apex Theory, the former name of the alternative rock band Mt. Helium
* Lord Apex, a rapper from West London, UK

### Video games

* Apex (tournament), a fighting game tournament focusing on Super Smash Bros.
* Racing Evoluzione, also known as Apex, a 2003 video game for the Xbox
* Overwatch Apex, a South Korean Overwatch tournament series
* Apex Legends, a 2019 video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts

### Film

* A.P.E.X., a 1994 science fiction film
* Apex (2021 film), a 2021 American action film starring Bruce Willis
* APEX: The Story of the Hypercar, a 2015 American documentary
* F1 (film), a sports drama starring Brad Pitt, which was codenamed Apex during development

### Literature

* Apex (Ramez Naam novel), a 2015 cyber-punk novel
* Apex Magazine, an American horror and science fiction magazine

## Organizations
### For-profit businesses

* APEX Airlines, a charter and scheduled airline based in Yangon, Myanmar
* Apex Digital, a California-based electronics manufacturer
* Apex Hotels, a UK operator of four star hotels
* Apex Records (Canada), a record label of Compo Company
* Apex Silver Mines, a US-American mining company
* Apex Stores, a Rhode Island–based department store chain
* Apex Studios, a recording studio in Manhattan, New York City
* Apple Productivity Experience Group, an operating unit of Microsoft developing software for Apple products

### Other organizations

* Apex (gang), an unstructured criminal gang in Melbourne, Australia
* Apex Clubs of Australia, an association of young individuals
* Applied Physics Express, a scientific peer-reviewed journal
* Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, a British Trade Union

## Places

* Apex, Arizona
* Apex, Missouri, community in the United States
* Apex, North Carolina, town in the United States
* Apex, Nunavut, community in Canada
* Apex Park and Recreation District, in Colorado
* Apex Mountain Resort, a ski resort near Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
* Apex Town Hall (historic), Apex, North Carolina
* UFC Apex

## Science and mathematics
### Anatomy

* Apex (entomology), the anterior corner of an insect's wing
* Apex (mollusc), the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod
* Shoot apex, the apical meristem of a plant or its remnant on a flower
* Root apex (botany), the apical meristem of the root
* Root apex (dental), the extreme end of the root of a tooth
* Apex (leaf), the tip of a leaf
* Apex of lung, the uppermost portion of lung
* Apex of the heart, the lowest superficial part of the heart
* Apex of the tongue, the tip of the tongue

### Chemistry

* Acetone peroxide, a highly explosive organic peroxide
* Ascorbate peroxidase, an enzyme that catalyses the reaction between biotin-phenol and hydrogen peroxide

### Mathematics

* Apex (geometry), the highest vertex in a polyhedron or the point where the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle meet
* Apex graph, a graph that can be made planar by the removal of a single vertex

### Other sciences

* Apex (dinosaur), a fossilized Stegosaurus
* Apex predator, a predator at the top of a food chain, with no natural predators
* Solar apex, the direction in which the Solar System travels through the Milky Way

## Technology
### Computing

* Apex (programming language), Java-like proprietary programming language
* Apache Apex, an open-source streaming platform built on top of Hadoop
* Apple Productivity Experience Group, an operating unit of Microsoft developing software for Apple products
* Oracle Application Express, a proprietary Oracle software development system
* BrailleNote Apex, a personal digital assistant for the blind
* Apex, a game engine created by Avalanche Studios

### Other technologies

* Apex (racing), the point a car should touch on the inside of a turn when following a proper line
* Apex (radio band), an experimental very high frequency radio broadcasting system
* Additive System of Photographic Exposure, a system of exposure calculation based on Ev units, or stops
* Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment, a scientific research satellite
* Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, a radio telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory
* R-23 (missile), an air-to-air missile (NATO reporting name "Apex")

## Other uses

* Apex (diacritic), a sign used by the Romans to mark long vowels
* Apex (typography), an upward pointing shape in certain letters
* Apex (headdress), a cap worn in ancient Rome
* SS Apex, a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1958–68