Acme,

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  acme \ac"me\ ([a^]k"m[-e]), n. [Gr. 'akmh` point, top.]
     1. The top or highest point; the culmination.
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              The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
                                                    --Pope.


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              The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of
              its supremacy.                        --I. Taylor.
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     2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease. AS
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     3. Mature age; full bloom of life. --B. Jonson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acme
       n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were
            deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at
            their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of
            perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted
            Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his
            ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by
            man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: {height}, {elevation},
             {peak}, {pinnacle}, {summit}, {superlative}, {top}]
       2: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the
          pyramid" [syn: {vertex}, {peak}, {apex}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "acme":
     Olympian heights, acme of perfection, aerial heights, all, apex,
     apogee, apotheosis, authority, authorization, be-all and end-all,
     beau ideal, best type, blue ribbon, brow, cap, capstone, ceiling,
     championship, climax, cloud nine, command, consummation, control,
     crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cynosure, directorship,
     dizzy heights, dominion, edge, effectiveness, ego ideal, elevation,
     eminence, end, ether, extreme, extreme limit, extremity,
     first place, first prize, headship, heaven, heavens, hegemony,
     height, heights, hero, high noon, highest, highest degree,
     highest pitch, highest point, ideal, imperium, influence,
     jurisdiction, kingship, last word, leadership, lift, limit,
     lordship, management, mastership, mastery, maximum, meridian,
     mirror, most, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, new high,
     no place higher, noon, nth degree, palms, paragon, paramountcy,
     peak, perfection, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle, pitch, point,
     pole, power, presidency, primacy, raise, record, ridge, rise,
     rising ground, rule, say, seventh heaven, shining example, sky,
     sovereignty, spire, steep, stratosphere, summit, supremacy, sway,
     the whole, tip, tip-top, top, top spot, ultimate, upmost,
     upper extremity, uppermost, uprise, utmost, utmost extent,
     uttermost, vantage ground, vantage point, vertex, very top,
     zenith
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ACME
       A Company that Makes Everything (slang)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  Acme n. [from Greek `akme', highest point of perfection or achievement]
     The canonical supplier of bizarre, elaborate, and non-functional
     gadgetry - where Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson (two cartoonists who
     specialized in elaborate contraptions) shop. The name has been
     humorously expanded as A (or American) Company Making Everything. (In
     fact, Acme was a real brand sold from Sears Roebuck catalogs in the
     early 1900s.) Describing some X as an "Acme X" either means "This is
     {insanely great}", or, more likely, "This looks {insanely great} on
     paper, but in practice it's really easy to shoot yourself in the foot
     with it." Compare {pistol}.
  
     This term, specially cherished by American hackers and explained here
     for the benefit of our overseas brethren, comes from the Warner
     Brothers' series of "Roadrunner" cartoons. In these cartoons, the
     famished Wile E. Coyote was forever attempting to catch up with, trap,
     and eat the Roadrunner. His attempts usually involved one or more
     high-technology Rube Goldberg devices - rocket jetpacks, catapults,
     magnetic traps, high-powered slingshots, etc. These were usually
     delivered in large wooden crates labeled prominently with the Acme name
     - which, probably not by coincidence, was the trade name of the
     animation rotation board used by cartoonists since forever. Acme devices
     invariably malfunctioned in improbable and violent ways.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ACME
       
           /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything.
          The {canonical} imaginary business.  Possibly also derived
          from the word "acme" meaning "highest point".
       
          2. A program for {MS-DOS}.
       
          [What does it do?]
       
          (1994-11-08)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Acme, LA
    Zip code(s): 71316
  Acme, PA
    Zip code(s): 15610
  Acme, WA
    Zip code(s): 98220
  Acme, WY
    Zip code(s): 82839

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Acme, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
     Population (2000):    263
     Housing Units (2000): 88
     Land area (2000):     9.805551 sq. miles (25.396260 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    9.805551 sq. miles (25.396260 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            00275
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             48.715402 N, 122.209954 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     98220
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Acme, WA
      Acme