apices
 (pl.)頂,峰,極點


 A·pex n.; pl. E. Apexes L. Apices
 1. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.
 2. Mining The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.]
 Apex of the earth's motion Astron., that point of the heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.

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 Ap·i·ces n. pl. See Apex.

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 apices
      See apex


 apex
      n 1: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the
           pyramid" [syn: vertex, peak, acme]
      2: the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and
         solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed
         stars [syn: solar apex, apex of the sun's way] [ant: antapex]
      [also: apices (pl)]