apices

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apices - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apex \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.
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     2. (Mining) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
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     Apex of the earth's motion (Astron.), that point of the
        heavens toward which the earth is moving in its orbit.
        [1913 Webster] aphaeresis

  Apices \Ap"i*ces\, n. pl.
     See Apex.
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