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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the highest point (of something);
- Example: "at the peak of the pyramid"
[syn: vertex, peak, apex, acme]

2. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars;
[syn: apex, solar apex, apex of the sun's way]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Apex \A"pex\, n.; pl. E. Apexes; L. Apices. [L.]
   1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as,
      the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip,
      of a leaf.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
      [U.S.]
      [1913 Webster]

   Apex of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the
      heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
      [1913 Webster] aphaeresis


V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006):

APEX
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U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Apex, NC (town, FIPS 1520)
  Location: 35.72579 N, 78.84503 W
  Population (1990): 4968 (1826 housing units)
  Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 27502


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

126 Moby Thesaurus words for "apex":
   L, Olympian heights, achievement, acme, aerial heights,
   alveolar ridge, alveolus, angle, apogee, arytenoid cartilages,
   attainment, back, bend, bifurcation, bight, blade, brow, cant, cap,
   capstone, chevron, climax, cloud nine, coin, consummation, corner,
   crank, crescendo, crest, crook, crotchet, crown, culmen,
   culmination, deflection, dizzy heights, dogleg, dorsum, edge,
   elbow, elevation, ell, eminence, ether, extreme limit, extremity,
   fork, furcation, hard palate, heaven, heavens, height, heights,
   high noon, highest pitch, highest point, hook, inflection, knee,
   larynx, last word, lift, limit, lips, maximum, meridian,
   mountaintop, nasal cavity, ne plus ultra, no place higher, nook,
   noon, noontide, oral cavity, palate, peak, pharyngeal cavity,
   pharynx, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, prime, prominence, quoin,
   raise, realization, ridge, rise, rising ground, roof,
   seventh heaven, sky, soft palate, speech organ, spire, steep,
   stratosphere, summit, swerve, syrinx, teeth, teeth ridge, tip,
   tip-top, tongue, top, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost,
   uprise, utmost, vantage ground, vantage point, veer, very top,
   vocal chink, vocal cords, vocal folds, vocal processes, voice box,
   zag, zenith, zig, zigzag