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Pronunciation : A"pex
Part of Speech : n.; pl. E. Apexes; L. Apices.
Etymology : [L.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913