'APEX' definitions:
Definition of 'apex'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars [syn: apex, solar apex, apex of the sun's way] [ant: antapex]
Synonyms of 'apex'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- acme,
- aerial heights,
- alveolar ridge,
- alveolus,
- angle,
- apogee,
- arytenoid cartilages,
- attainment,
- back,
- bend,
- bifurcation,
- bight,
- blade,
- brow,
- cant,
- cap,
- capstone,
- chevron,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- coin,
- consummation,
- corner,
- crank,
- crescendo,
- crest,
- crook,
- crotchet,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- deflection,
- dizzy heights,
- dogleg,
- dorsum,
- edge,
- elbow,
- elevation,
- ell,
- eminence,
- ether,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- fork,
- furcation,
- hard palate,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- heights,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- hook,
- inflection,
- knee,
- L,
- larynx,
- last word,
- lift,
- limit,
- lips,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- mountaintop,
- nasal cavity,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- nook,
- noon,
- noontide,
- Olympian heights,
- oral cavity,
- palate,
- peak,
- pharyngeal cavity,
- pharynx,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- prime,
- prominence,
- quoin,
- raise,
- realization,
- ridge,
- rise,
- rising ground,
- roof,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- soft palate,
- speech organ,
- spire,
- steep,
- stratosphere,
- summit,
- swerve,
- syrinx,
- teeth,
- teeth ridge,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- tongue,
- top,
- ultimate,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- uprise,
- utmost,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- veer,
- very top,
- vocal chink,
- vocal cords,
- vocal folds,
- vocal processes,
- voice box,
- zag,
- zenith,
- zig,
- zigzag
Apex, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Apex, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
20212
Housing Units (2000) :
8028
Land area (2000) :
10.536900 sq. miles (27.290445 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.059767 sq. miles (0.154797 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
10.596667 sq. miles (27.445242 sq. km)
FIPS code :
01520
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
35.731952 N, 78.852878 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
27502
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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