English Explanatory Dictionary

apex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
  2. The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
  3. The pointed fine end of something.
  4. The lowest part of the human heart.
  5. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
  6. The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
  7. The growing point of a shoot.
  8. The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
  9. The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
  10. The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
  11. A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
  12. A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
noun
  1. Acronym of advance purchase excursion (an air fare).
  2. Acronym of accelerated peritoneal equilibration examination.
  3. Acronym of acetone peroxide.
name
  1. Acronym of Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.pɛks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apex.wav

Word forms

apex apices apexes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apexbor. English apex Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).

Synonyms

acme apex zenith apogee apotheosis ascendance capstone climax coronation crown culmination Everest extreme fastigium high note high point high tide high-water mark midday outblossom paroxysm perihelion pinnacle summa summit peak top vertex end tip height

Antonyms

bathos lowest ebb nadir slough of despond trough

Related words

apical mother of all

Derived words

antapex apexcardiogram apexcardiography apex court apexed apex fallacy apexification apex predator base over apex orbital apex syndrome periapex subapex APEX time

Translations

Arabic: ذروَة Armenian: գագաթ Bulgarian: връх Bulgarian: връхна точка Catalan: àpex Chinese Mandarin: 頂 /顶 Chinese Mandarin: 尖 Chinese Mandarin: 頂點 /顶点 Chinese Mandarin: 頂端 /顶端 Chinese Mandarin: 尖端 Chinese Mandarin: 葉尖 /叶尖 Dutch: top Dutch: spits Dutch: punt Finnish: huippu French: apex French: sommet Galician: ápice German: Gipfel Greek: κορυφή Ancient Greek: ἄκρον Hindi: शिखर Hungarian: csúcs Ingrian: kukkula Italian: apice Māori: akitu Norwegian: topp Portuguese: ápice Portuguese: topo Portuguese: cume Portuguese: ponta Romanian: culme Russian: верши́на Russian: пик Russian: вы́сшая то́чка Slovak: vrchol Slovak: hrot Spanish: ápice Spanish: cima Spanish: sumidad Spanish: ápex Swedish: topp Swedish: spets Telugu: అత్యున్నత Telugu: సర్వోన్నత Telugu: కొన Turkish: zirve Polish: szczyt
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