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.
2. (Mining) 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.
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