Thesaurus: apex

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1. n. 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. n. The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
3. n. the highest point (of something)
4. n. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
5. 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.
6. The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface. [U.S.] Apex ofthe earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the heavens toward whichthe earth is moving in its orbit.
7. n:100 n. the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars