apex.
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
Meaning & usage
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
the apex of the building
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.
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.
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.
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.
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. The growing point of a shoot.
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.
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
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.
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
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".
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.
Drone cameras show that his car reached the apex first.
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. A woman's crotch and sex organs.
An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
the apex of civilization
The top of the food chain.
A conical priest cap.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apexbor. English apex Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).
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