apex

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 External links 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin apex (“‘point, tip, summit’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɛks/

[edit] Noun

apex (plural apices or apexes)

1. The highest point of something.

   the apex of the building

2. (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.

   the apex of civilization

   • 2002, Jeffrey Rowland, WIGU adventures

     It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.

3. (geometry) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
4. (chiefly anatomy) The pointed end of something.
   1. The lowest part of the human heart.
   2. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
5. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.

[edit] Synonyms

• (highest point): peak, top, summit
• (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc): acme, culmination, height, peak, pinnacle
• (pointed end): end, tip
• See also Wikisaurus:apex

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• apex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• apex in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• apex at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈa.peks/

[edit] Noun

apex (genitive apicis); m, third declension

1. summit
2. top
3. vocative singular of apex

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	apex	apicēs
genitive	apicis	apicum
dative	apicī	apicibus
accusative	apicem	apicēs
ablative	apice	apicibus
vocative	apex	apicēs

[edit] Descendants

• English: apex
• Galician: ápice
• Italian: apice