apex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.pɛks/
rhymes: -eɪpɛks
Forms: form: apices
form: apexes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).
Senses: examples: text: the apex of the building
text: Drone cameras show that his car reached the apex first.
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
examples: text: B.P. 118/68. Grade I diastolic murmur best heard over apex. Patient well and had no complaints referable to heart. Origin of the diastolic murmur is open to conjecture.
ref: 1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 175:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
end
tip
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The pointed fine end of something.
The lowest part of the human heart.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
end
tip
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The pointed fine end of something.
The deepest part of a tooth's root.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
tip
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The growing point of a shoot.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
topics: business
mining
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".
coordinate_terms: vertex
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
synonyms: peak
top
summit
vertex
glosses: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.
glosses: An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
examples: text: the apex of civilization
text: It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.
ref: 2002, Jeffrey Rowland, “Day 2 (The Slagathors)”, in Wigu Adventures, page 58:
text: The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance. And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Virmire:
synonyms: acme
culmination
height
peak
pinnacle
glosses: The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: The top of the food chain.
glosses: A conical priest cap.
Synonyms: word: acme
word: apex
word: zenith
word: apogee
word: apotheosis
word: ascendance
word: capstone
word: climax
word: coronation
word: crown
word: culmination
word: Everest
word: extreme
word: fastigium
word: high note
word: high point
word: high tide
word: high-water mark
word: midday
word: outblossom
word: paroxysm
word: perihelion
word: pinnacle
word: summa
word: summit
Hypernyms: word: moment
Derived terms: antapex
apexcardiogram
apexcardiography
apex court
apexed
apex fallacy
apexification
apex predator
base over apex
orbital apex syndrome
periapex
subapex
Related terms: word: apical
word: mother of all