highest point, climax, uppermost point; lowest part of the root of a tooth (Dentistry)
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See Apex.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSee Apex.
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apices
\ap"i*ces\ (&?;), n. pl. see apex.
Noun
1. the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
(synonym) vertex, peak, acme
(hypernym) extreme point, extreme, extremum
(hyponym) crown
2. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
(synonym) solar apex, apex of the sun's way
(antonym) antapex
(hypernym) celestial point
(part-holonym) celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin
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Apex (Latin for top, peak, summit) may refer to:
Biology
- Apex (mollusc), the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod
- Apex is the Apical meristem or its remnant on a flower
- Apex is the anterior corner of a butterfly's wing, described in Glossary of entomology terms
- Apex of the heart, the lowest superficial part of the heart
- Apex of the tongue, the tip of the tongue
- Apex predator, a predator which sits at the top of a food chain
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