Значение

значений: 18
  1. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    the apex of the building

    the highest point (of something)

  2. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.

    Spitze

  3. The pointed fine end of something.

    The lowest part of the human heart.

  4. The deepest part of a tooth's root.

  5. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

    The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.

  6. The growing point of a shoot.

  7. The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.

    the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

  8. The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.

  9. (США)The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

  10. A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.

  11. A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.

  12. A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".

Примеры

предложений: 8
  1. Humans are the apex species of the planet.

  2. When it comes to ground warfare, tanks remain the apex predators.

    deIm Bodenkrieg stehen Panzer weiterhin an der Spitze der Nahrungskette.

  3. Wolves are apex predators.

  4. Cats are not apex predators.

    deKatzen sind keine Spitzenprädatoren.

  5. In Tasmania, thylacines were the only marsupial apex predators.

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 1
highest or greatest part:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
highest or greatest part:
highest point in a plane or solid figure:

Происхождение

Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).

Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).

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Формы

мн. число: apices / apexes
Ед. числоapex
Мн. числоapices / apexes

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 33
Близкие по смыслу

Антонимы

антонимов: 6

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 11

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