Apices

4 definitions found

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

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

  Apices \Ap"i*ces\, n. pl.
     See {Apex}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apices
       See {apex}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apex
       n 1: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the
            pyramid" [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}]
       [also: {apices} (pl)]