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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apex \A"pex\, n.; pl E. {Apexes}; L. {Apices}. [L.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
apex
n 1: the highest point of something [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}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Apex, NC (town, FIPS 1520)
Location: 35.72579 N, 78.84503 W
Population (1990): 4968 (1826 housing units)
Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27502
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
APEX
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