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▸ noun: (geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
▸ noun: (chiefly anatomy) The pointed fine end of something.
▸ noun: The lowest part of the human heart.
▸ noun: The deepest part of a tooth's root.
▸ noun: (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
▸ noun: (botany) The growing point of a shoot.
▸ noun: (astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
▸ noun: (physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
▸ noun: (mining, US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
▸ noun: (typography):
▸ noun: A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
▸ noun: A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
▸ noun: 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".
▸ noun: (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
▸ noun: (attributive, ecology) The top of the food chain.
▸ noun: A conical priest cap.
▸ noun: (aviation) Acronym of advance purchase excursion (an air fare)
▸ noun: (medicine, nephrology) Acronym of accelerated peritoneal equilibration examination.
▸ noun: (British, trade union) Acronym of Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff.
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vertex,
acme,
solar apex,
peak,
summit,
altaltissimo,
apogee,
pinnacle,
apotheosis,
supreme,
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