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Apex

Definitions: Apex

Apex

Noun

1. The highest point of something.

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "apex" was first used: 1601. (references)

Etymology: Apex \A"pex\, noun; plural English Apexes; Latin Apices. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Apex

DomainDefinitions

Geography

The upper narrow end of an alluvial(or debris, or talus)fan or cone, where deposition begins as the stream comes into a valley. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Apex the topmost height, really means the pointed olive-wood spike on the top of the cap of a Roman priest. The cap fitted close to the head and was fastened under the chin by a fillet. It was applied also to the crest or spike of a helmet. The word now means the summit or tiptop. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Medicine

The cochlear canal is split longitudinally by a partition which ends below the --. . . with a communication known as the helicotrema at the --. Source: European Union. (references)

Military

Foremost angle of a work. (references)

Mining

A. The highest point of a vein relative to the surface, whether it crops out or not. The concept is used in mining law. See also:apex la b. The tip, summit, or highest point of a landform, as of a mountain; specif. the highest point on an alluvial fan, usually the point where the stream that formed the fan emerged from the mountain or from confining canyon walls. Syn:culmination c. The highest point of a stratum, as a coalbed d. The top of an anticlinal fold of strata. e. In U.S. mining law, used to designate the highest limit of a vein f. The top of an inclined haulage plane. See also:brow; landing g. Point in the center of the face of a concave, noncoring bit h. In a classifier or hydrocyclone, the underflow aperture through which the coarser and heavier fraction of the solids in a pulp is discharged inaccordance with its minimum cross section. (references)

Sports & Leisure

Term used to designate the centre and topmost point of an inflated parachute canopy. Normally that point is formed by the intersection of the canopy vent lines. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Apex

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

APEX

EnglishAdvancing the Prospects of Employment for Ex-Offenders TrustN/A

APEX

FrenchTarif APEXTransportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Apex

Synonyms: acme (n), apex of the sun's way (n), peak (n), solar apex (n), vertex (n). (additional references)
Antonym: antapex (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Apex

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Summit

Noun: summit, summity; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Apex

English words defined with "apex": abruptly-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate leaf, acropetal, Acroterium, aeschynanthus, antapex, Apex of the earth's motion, apex of the sun's way, Apexes, apical, Apices, Apicularbasipetal, Bell crank, broken archCouche, Cremaster, cuneateDecollated, deltoid, determinate, dextral, Dextral shell, Dinotherium, Diodora apertura, dog stinkhornelement of a cone, emarginate leaf, Equilateral shell, even-pinnate, even-pinnate leaf, ExcurrentFissurella aperturagenus Verticillium, gonion, Gothic archHadley's quadrantimparipinnate, indeterminatekeyhole limpet, king postlancelike, lanceolate, LanceolatedMammillated, Mutinus caninusnavel orange, notchedObconical, oblanceolate, oblanceolate leaf, obtuse, odd-pinnate, odd-pinnate leaf, Ogee arch, orthotropous, orthotropous ovulePalmated, paripinnate, Pertusate, Phallus ravenelii, pointed arch, posterior vein of the left ventricle, PredicroticRadiate-veinedSanctus bell, saw-toothed, serrate, serrate leaf, serrated, sinistral, solar apex, spatula-shaped, spatulate, spatulate leaf, Subapicaltoothed, Top-shaped, trefoil arch, Triangle spider, Trinervate, Turbinatedvena posterior ventriculi sinistriWalking leaf, wedge-shapedZodiacal light. (references)
Specialty definitions using "apex": apectomy, apex law, apex of the sun's motion, apex trimmer, Apicoectomybaptist cone, blind apex, boom ditch, Brewster prisms, Brewster's prisms, broad lode, buried outcropchinese hat, circular bin discharger, Comazants, cone settler, core wood, crown brick, cupola brick, cyclone classifier, cyclone underflowdeflecting block, diamond pyramid hardness number, discone antenna, disc-valveextralateral rightsfan apex, fissitunicateheap sampling, Herschel double prism, Howell-bunger valveimmature woodjuvenile core, juvenile woodkey brickLaboratory, Lateral Ligament, Ankle, LevocardiaMeckel cavity, Meckel's cave, Meckel's cavityPatellar Ligament, Periapical Tissue, pith wood, pyramid cut, Pyramidal Cells, pyramid-setRadicular Cyst, Reflex, Oculocardiac, rhombic array, rill stopesegmental cut-water, sideline agreement, solar antapex, spitzlutten, spra, sun's waytholus, top and apex, tyre valveV-bob, Vickers hardnessWestfalia tandem plow, Wheat. (references)
Etymologies containing "apex": Apical, Apicular. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Apex" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (apex), German (apex, length mark, stress mark), Latin (apex, apexes, apices, cap, conical priest cap, crown, highest honor, least particle, letter, long mark over vowel, outlines of letters, point, speck, summit, top), Romanian (apex), Swedish (apex).

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Commercial Usage: Apex

DomainTitle

References

  • Apex Mortgage Capital, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Ap Statistics: An Apex Learning Guide (Apex Learning) (reference)

  • Ap U.S. Government & Politics: An Apex Learning Guide (reference)

  • Apex Maths 2 Teacher's Handbook : Extension for all through Problem Solving (reference)

  • APEX MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Apex Teacher's Handbook Year 1 : Extension through Problem Solving in Mathematics (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Apex

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Photo Album: Apex

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Gross pathology of mural thrombus, apex of ventricle of heart. Autopsy. Credit: CDC.

An adult common murre. The common murre sustained the highest level of injuries after the Apex Houston oil spill. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Installation of grated apex structure, one of the four types of shoreline protection structures tested. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Apex

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

On average, 40 percent of the APEX group's suppliers are American companies. (references)

In Dijon, three light aircraft specialists have gathered together their skills together to form APEX Company. (references)

There are also a number of smaller light aircraft manufacturers, including Reims Aviation, Apex, Issoire Aviation and Dyn'Aero. (references)

Economic History

Australia

At the apex of the court system is the High Court of Australia. (references)

Luxembourg

The apex of the judicial system is the superior court, whose judges are appointed by the Grand Duke. (references)

India

According to the annual industry survey released by the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), the apex body of software, e-commerce and IT services industry in India, gross annual revenue of the sector was US $ 8.67 billion during 1999-2000 and is estimated to be US $12.7 billion during 2000-01. (references)

Human Rights

Togo

The Constitutional Court stands at the apex of the court system. (references)

Australia

There is a well-developed system of federal and state courts, with the High Court at its apex. (references)

Spain

The judicial structure consists of local, provincial, regional, and national courts with the Supreme Court at its apex. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is at the apex of the banking system. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Apex

"Apex" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.29% of the time. "Apex" is used about 298 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.29%27817,541
Noun (proper)4.36%1397,576
Lexical Verb (base form)1.34%4175,879
Noun (common)0.67%2245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.34%1339,140
                    Total100.00%298N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Apex

CountryNameCountryName
Malaysia

Apex Equity Holdings Berhad

USA

Apex Mortgage Capital, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Apex


1. Apex, NC (town, FIPS 1520)
Location: 35.72579 N, 78.84503 W
Population (1990): 4968 (1826 housing units)
Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 27502
Country: USA

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Expression: Apex

Expressions using "apex": Apex of the earth's motion apex of the sun's way apex stone fan apex solar apex Tooth Apex. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "apex": base-over-apex.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Apex

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

apex

2,968

apex town

44

apex dvd

598

apex drx 9000

43

apex dvd player

383

apex ad 2500

41

apex north carolina

322

apex i

41

tv apex

250

adr1000 apex

40

apex television

247

apex home

38

apex digital

217

apex audio

38

apex electronics

214

teknor apex

35

apex fitness

129

apex ad 1500

34

apex portable dvd player

89

apex audio.com

32

apex system

85

apex school technical

31

apex pd650

75

apex 1500

29

apex dvd recorder

70

apex home page

29

the apex theory

67

apex exhaust

27

mortgage apex

64

apex realty

26

apex dvd portable

52

apex supply

26

apex cheat

47

apex box cheat x

26

apex ad 1200

47

x box apex

25

apex tvs

45

apex high school

25

apex digital inc

44

650 apex pd

24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Apex

Language Translations for "apex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

apogje (apogee, zenith), majë (aiguille, alp, cusp, height, nab, naze, Neb, needle, nib, peak, Pike, pinnacle, point, projection, Spike, spire, summit, tine, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex, woof), kulm (acme, bloom, climax, crescendo, crisis, crown, culmination, dead, extremity, flower, heat, height, heyday, meridian, nab, payoff, peak, pink, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قمة (acme, climax, cop, crest, crown, head, height, heyday, high, meridian, peak, pinnacle, prime, summit, tip, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), ‏أوج (acme, climax, culmination, noontide, pinnacle, pitch, ridge, summit, top, zenith), ‏رأس (bean, cos, head, noggin, pate, point, poll, preside, superintend, tip, top, trunk, vertex). (various references)

   

Basque

  

bertize (summit). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

връхна точка (acme, climax, highlight, peak, pinnacle, pride, sum, tiptop, ultimate, zenith), връх (acme, cap, consummation, cope-stone, cusp, extremity, full, gad, head, height, heyday, loop, meridian, peak, perfection, pink, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping, vertex). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

尖顶 (Apices). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vrchol (acme, brow, cusp, height, heyday, peak, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith), hrot (bit, head, Pike, point, prick, Spike, tip). (various references)

   

Danish

  

toppunkt (Apsis, market top, peak), kurvetoppunkt, kurvemidtpunkt, blomsterende. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

top (agreed, okay, peak, point, summit, surface, tip, top), punt (dot, element, fragment, item, particle, peak, period, point, spot, summit, tip). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نوک (Ascendant, Barb, Bill, End, Head, Horn, Jag, Peak, Point, Ridge, Summit, Tip, Top, Vertex), تارک (Diadem, Vertex), سر (Acme, Cabal, Chief, Corona, End, Extremity, Mystery, Pash, Pate, Plug, Point, Ruler, Secret, Thought, Top, Vertex), راس زاویه . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

huippu (peak, summit, top). (various references)

   

French

  

sommet, apex. (various references)

   

German

  

Scheitelpunkt (crest, cusp, zenith), Kegelspitze, Apex (length mark, stress mark). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κορυφή (acknowledger, atop, climax, crest, crown, mountaintop, needle, peak, ridge, summit, tiptop, top, vertex), αποκορύφωμα (apogee, climax, culmination, hey day, highlight, pinnacle). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שיא (acme, climax, height, high, highlight, maximum, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, zenith), ק"קו" (crown, head, top, vertex), פס'" (climax, culmination, head, peak, summit, top, zenith). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kedvezményes (apices, preferential, referential), csúcs (aces, apical, crest, culmination, gable, peak, pinnacle, pitch, point, summit, tip, tiptop, to be all aces, top, vertex, vertices). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

puncak (capstone, crest, culmination, cusp, high, mount, peak, pitch, top, zenith). (various references)

   

Italian

  

apice (climax, culmination, height, heyday, peak, prime, summit, top, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

尖部 , 天辺 (scalp, summit, top). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せ"ぶ (day on which judgment and haste are avoided, lucky day but not in morning), てっぺ" (iron scraps, scalp, summit, top). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(Apical, Apices, Vertex, Vertexes, Vertices). (various references)

   

Manx

  

mullagh (capital, ceiling, ceiling of prices, crest, crest of wave, crisis, crisis of illness, culmination, eminence, peak, pinnacle, ridge, roofing, summit, top, vertex), gob (beak, bow, bow of ship, headland, hook, jet, jut, lip of jug, mouth, muzzle, nib, nose, nosepiece, pee of anchor, point, prominence, promontory, spit, spout), baare (cap, climax, crest of wave, curl, end, film on milk, interval, point, ruin, summit, surface, tip, toe, top). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

cimèl (d'un angle) (summit, top). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apexay

   

Portuguese

  

vértice (summit, surface, top, vertex), ápice (acme, peak, pinnacle, point, spire, summit, tip, top). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

apogeu (acme, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, height, heyday, high water mark, it, noon, noonday, noontide, summit, zenith), apex, vârf (acme, cap, climax, crest, cusp, edge, end, head, height, knoll, nib, nozzle, peak, pinnacle, point, style, summit, tip, tiptop, top, topping), tigvã (bean, nob, noddle, nut, pate, skull), culme (acme, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, height, heyday, it, noon, noonday, noontide, paroxysm, peak, perfection, perisher, ridge, summit, top, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вершина (acme, apices, culm, mountaintop, nab, peak, pinnacle, root, summit, tip, top, vertex). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

binnean (pinnacle), bidean (pinnacle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrh (acme, crest, cusp, head, height, peak, pinnacle, point, summit, tip, top). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ápice (iota, scrap, time, tittle), vértice (vertex). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

apex. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ปลายสุ" (tailpiece), จุ"สูงสุ". (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zirve (acme, apogee, cap, climax, crown, culmination, cusp, head, height, high, high tide, meridian, payoff, peak, Pike, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith), (bit, cusp, end, extremity, peak, point, pole, tab, tail, terminal, the extreme, tip, toe, top), tepe (apical, cap, crest, crown, down, eminence, eminency, fell, head, height, Hill, hump, Mount, peak, ridge, rise, roof, tip, top, topknot, vertex), doruk (acme, apical, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, cusp, height, heyday, high tide, meridian, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, top, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

кінцева частина, корінь зуба, коньок даху, гребінь (back, band, cam, comb, crest, crown, flange, hip, ruff, wedge), верхівка (tip, top), верх (head, topping), вершина (altitude, nab, pinnacle, spur, sublime, summit, superlative, vertex), зеніт (culmination, heyday, meridian, noon, noonday, summit, vertex, zenith). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

pen (chief, end, head, pate, summit, supreme, surface, top), copa (crest, head, summit, top), brig (top, twigs), blaen (anterior, edge, end, first, fore, foremost, front, point, precedence, priority, tip, top, van). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Apex

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

anguli, angulis, angulo, angulorum, angulos, angulum, angulus, apex, cacumen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Apex

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 5, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAmhn gar legw umin ewV an parelqh o ouranoV kai h gh iwta en h mia keraia ou mh parelqh apo tou nomou ewV an panta genhtai
Latin405VulgateAmen quippe dico vobis donec transeat caelum et terra iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege donec omnia fiant
Old English990West SaxonSoðes on eornest ich segge eow. ærþan þe gewitan heofone & eorðe an .i.oððe an prike. ne gewit fram þare lage. ærþan ealle þing gewurðan.
Middle English1395WyclifForsothe Y seie to you, til heuene and erthe passe, o lettir or o titel shal not passe fro the lawe, til alle thingis be doon.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleFor truely I saye vnto you till heven and erth perisshe one iott or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfilled.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth shall pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Basic English1964OgdenTruly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Apex

LanguageMatthew Chapter 5, Verse 18
CebuanoKay sa pagkatinuod, sultihan ko kamo, nga samtang magalungtad pa ang langit ug ang yuta, walay pagasayloan sa kasugoan bisan usa na lang ka kudlit o usa ka tulpok niini hangtud ang tanan matuman.
CroatianZaista, kažem vam, dok ne proðe nebo i zemlja, ne, ni jedno slovce, ni jedan poteziæ iz Zakona neæe proæi, dok se sve ne zbude.
DanishThi sandelig, siger jeg eder, indtil Himmelen og Jorden forgår, skal end ikke det mindste Bogstav eller en Tøddel forgå af Loven, indtil det er sket alt sammen.
DutchWant voorwaar zeg Ik u: Totdat de hemel en de aarde voorbijgaan, zal er niet een jota noch een tittel van de wet voorbijgaan, totdat het alles zal zijn geschied.
FinnishSillä totisesti minä sanon teille: kunnes taivas ja maa katoavat, ei laista katoa pieninkään kirjain, ei ainoakaan piirto, ennenkuin kaikki on tapahtunut.
FrenchCar, je vous le dis en vérité, tant que le ciel et la terre ne passeront point, il ne disparaîtra pas de la loi un seul iota ou un seul trait de lettre, jusqu` ce que tout soit arrivé.
GermanDenn ich sage euch wahrlich: Bis daß Himmel und Erde zergehe, wird nicht zergehen der kleinste Buchstabe noch ein Tüttel vom Gesetz, bis daß es alles geschehe.
Haitian CreoleSa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: tout tan syèl la ak tè a va la, pa yon ti detay, ni yon sèl ti bout lèt nan lalwa a p'ap disparèt, jouk tout bagay ki pou rive yo rive.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariIngatlah! Selama langit dan bumi masih ada, satu huruf atau titik yang terkecil pun di dalam hukum itu, tidak akan dihapuskan, kalau semuanya belum terjadi!
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena sesungguhnya Aku berkata kepadamu, sehingga langit dan bumi lenyap, satu noktah atau satu titik pun sekali-kali tiada akan lenyap daripada hukum Taurat itu sampai semuanya telah jadi.
ItalianIn verit vi dico: finché non siano passati il cielo e la terra, non passer neppure un iota o un segno dalla legge, senza che tutto sia compiuto.
LatvianPatiesi es jums saku: kamçr debess un zeme pâries, no bauðïiem nepâries neviens jota un neviena zîmîte, kamçr viss izpildîsies.
Manx GaelicSon dy firrinagh ta mee gra riu, Derrey nee yn aer as yn ooir lheie ersooyl, cha bee un ockle, ny'n floag sloo er ny ghoaill veih'n leigh, derrey vees ooilley jeant mie.
MaoriHe tino pono hoki taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Pahemo noa te rangi me te whenua, e kore tetahi tongi, tetahi tohu ranei o te ture e pahemo, kia rite katoa ra ano.
NorwegianFor sannelig sier jeg eder: Før himmel og jord forgår, skal ikke den minste bokstav eller en eneste tøddel forgå av loven, før det er skjedd alt sammen.
RumanianCqci adevqrat vq spun, cktq vreme nu va trece cerul wi pqmkntul, nu va trece o iotq sau o frknturq de slovq din Lege, knainte ca sq se fi kntkmplat toate lucrurile.
ShuarNekasan Tájarme. Ashí Túrunatniua nu Amúatsain nu akupkamu ishichkisha Yapajniáshtatui. Nayaimpisha tura nunkasha tuke Amúatsain nu akupkamusha amuukashtatui.
SpanishDe cierto os digo que hasta que pasen el cielo y la tierra, ni siquiera una jota ni una tilde pasará de la ley hasta que todo haya sido cumplido.
SwahiliKweli nawaambieni, mpaka hapo mbingu na dunia zitakapopita, hakuna hata nukta moja au sehemu ndogo kabisa ya Sheria itakayoondolewa, mpaka yote yametimia.
SwedishTy sannerligen säger jag eder: Intill dess himmel och jord förgås, skall icke den minsta bokstav, icke en enda prick av lagen förgås, förrän det allt har fullbordats.
UmaMpu'u-mpu'u ku'uli' -kokoi: butu mela lolita to te'uki' hi rala Buku Atura Pue' bate kana madupa'. Ane da rii-ria-pidi langi' pai' dunia' toi, uma ria hamelaa lolita hi rala Atura Pue' to uma madupa', nau' to kedi' lia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Apex

Derivations

Words beginning with "apex": apexes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Apex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abax, abex, adex, aeggs, aex, aexe, afex, ahex, aipim, ajex, Alpex, ampex, Aopec, apa, apae, Apax, apea, apec, apee, apeg, Apeh, apel, apen, Apep, apeq, apet, apew, apexa, Apexco, apey, Apfel, aphe, Aphek, aphex, api, apix, apme, apox, apoxy, appex, apu, apx, Apxs, arex, asex, atex, avex, awex, axep, axex, capax, capex, epex, Iapyx, Ipex, ispbx, napex, Opax, paex, paix, pex, rapax, Upex. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Apex"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "apex" (pronounced ā"pe'ks)
3-e' k sannex, biotechs, bottlenecks, Cineplex, duplex, latex, metroplex, multiplex, paychecks, rednecks, roughnecks, simplex, telex, tenrecs, turtlenecks, unisex, vertex, videotex.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Apex

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-p-x"

-1 letter: ape, axe, pax, pea.

-2 letters: ae, ax, ex, pa, pe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-p-x"
 

+1 letter: expat, paxes.

 

+2 letters: apexes, auspex, expand, expats, plexal, poleax, praxes, pretax.

 

+3 letters: apteryx, aruspex, epitaxy, example, exempla, exocarp, expands, expanse, expiate, explain, explant, exposal, hapaxes, hexapla, hexapod, pickaxe, poleaxe, pyrexia, spandex.

 

+4 letters: amplexus, apomixes, apoplexy, appendix, chapeaux, epicalyx, epitaxic, exampled, examples, exemplar, exocarps, expanded, expander, expandor, expanses, expiable, expiated, expiates, expiator, explains, explants, exposals, haruspex, hexaplar, hexaplas, hexapods, hexapody, oxazepam, panmixes, paxwaxes, pickaxed, pickaxes, plateaux, poleaxed, poleaxes, praxises, preaxial, prefixal, pyrexial, pyrexias, quadplex, spadixes, supertax, taxpayer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Apex


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 70 65 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .--.    .    -..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110000 01100101 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#112 &#101 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0070 0065 0078

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35827190

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Apex"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський

Basque

‏واحد من الباسكيين, ‏الباسكي, жакетче, баскски език, баскски, баска, 巴斯克 , 巴斯克語 , Basque, baskisch, baske, baszk, basco, バスに乗る , バスク , Bascish, Bascagh, баскский, баск, baskijski jezik, baskijski, baskijac, vascuence, vasco, bask'lar veya bask dili ile ilgili, bask kabilesinden kimse, футерування, баскський, облицювання, блузка у талію

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieholandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, Almaenwr

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, Groegwr

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, Hebreaidd, Hebraeg

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Indonesian

indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, ‏يابانية, ‏ياباني, ‏اليابانية, ‏اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski,