Uttal

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɛks/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɛks/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈeɪ.ˌpɛks/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.zirve

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. The highest point of something.
  2. (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
  3. (geometry) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
  4. (chiefly anatomy) The pointed end of something.
  5. The lowest part of the human heart.
  6. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
  7. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.
  8. (astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
  9. (physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
  10. (mining, US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
  11. (typography) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
  12. (typography) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .

Exempel

  • the apex of the building
  • the apex of civilization
  • It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.

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