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

  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.
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     2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
        [U.S.]
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     {Apex of the earth's motion} (Astron.), that point of the
        heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
        [1913 Webster] aphaeresis

















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