apex

nountop, high point

Synonyms for apex

noun top, high point

Antonyms for apex

Word Origin & History

c.1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.

Example Sentences for apex

Researches in the direction of the apex have not been made recently.

With the pointer in his hand he touched the star at the apex of the fir.

The diskoid was the apex, the spreading base all of Great New York.

The French did not plan to make an attack on the salient at its apex.

Aubers is at the apex of one; and Illies at the apex of the other.

The redoubt itself was at the apex of a broad angle of trenches.

It is evident that the apex has descended and is turned toward the armpit.

To this new realm we brought workers who built the City of Apex and the palace you are in.

The stems may not be scaly at the apex, often rosy when young.

In the plant on the right is shown the tapering stem from the base to the apex.

apex

Synonyms for apex

Antonyms for apex

altitude

apogee

climax

crescendo

crest

apex

Synonyms for apex

Antonyms for apex

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