What does "apex" mean?

The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

What is a synonym for "apex"?

Common synonyms include: acme, peak, acme, peak, vertex, zenith.

Apex

//ˈeɪ.pɛks// name, noun

name, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
"the apex of the building"
2
Acronym of advance purchase excursion (an air fare). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars wordnet
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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.
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Acronym of accelerated peritoneal equilibration examination. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

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the highest point (of something) wordnet
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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.
"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."
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Acronym of acetone peroxide. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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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.
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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.
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The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The growing point of a shoot.
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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.
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The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
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The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. US
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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.
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The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.; A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
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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".
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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.
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An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
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The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. figuratively
"the apex of civilization"
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The top of the food chain. attributive
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A conical priest cap.