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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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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)]