The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to:

Arts and media

Fictional entities

Apex (comics) ''Avengers Arena'' is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in December 2012 as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch. The series shows 16 young heroes from the Marvel Universe and pit them against each other in a kill-or-be-kille ...

, a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe *Apex, a genetically-engineered human population in the TV series ''The Crossing''

Music

* ''Apex'' (album), by Canadian heavy metal band Unleash the Archers *

Apex (band) Apex was a Polish heavy metal, hard rock and progressive rock band. It was started in 1980, in Prudnik. History The band was formed in 1980 in Prudnik. It performed mostly hard rock songs and ballads. It was considered to be one of the best ...

, a Polish heavy metal band *

Apex (musician) Robert Dickeson, (16 August 1981 – 30 September 2017) known by his stage names Apex and Robert Oaks was a British drum and bass music producer and DJ from Kent, England. Early life Dickeson was born on 16 August 1981 in Dartford, United K ...

(1981–2017), British drum and bass music producer and DJ *

The Apex Theory Mt. Helium, formerly known as the Apex Theory, was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, that was known for playing Mediterranean music mixed with progressive rock. The band has released three studio albums and three extended play ...

, the former name of the alternative rock band Mt. Helium *

Lord Apex Shaeem Santino Wright (born 12 July 1996) known as Lord Apex, is a British MC who grew up in White City, London, United Kingdom. His music crosses multiple styles of rap, including UK hip-hop, alternative hip hop, and lo-fi hip hop. Style an ...

, a rapper from West London, UK

Video games

Apex (tournament) Apex was an annual esports tournament held in New Jersey that was focused on '' Super Smash Bros.'' The event's first incarnation was in 2009 with Jesus "Jman" Fernandez as the champion of '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and Elliot "Ally" Carroza- ...

, a fighting game tournament focusing on ''Super Smash Bros.'' * ''APEX'' (video game), a 2003 video game for the Xbox *

Overwatch Apex ''Overwatch'' Apex, or simply Apex, was a competitive esports tournament series in South Korea for the video game ''Overwatch'' run by South Korean cable television channel OnGameNet (OGN) from 2016 to 2017. The tournament was contested mostly b ...

, a South Korean ''Overwatch'' tournament series * ''

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a free-to-play Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Nintendo ...

'', a 2019 video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts

Other media

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A.P.E.X. ''A.P.E.X'' is a 1994 science fiction action film directed by Phillip J. Roth and starring Richard Keats, Mitchell Cox, Lisa Ann Russell, and Marcus Aurelius. The plot concerns a group of scientists who explore the past using robotic probes know ...

'', a 1994 science fiction film * ''Apex'' (film), an American action film starring Bruce Willis * ''Apex'' (Ramez Naam novel), a 2015 cyber-punk novel * ''

Apex Magazine ''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awa ...

'', an American horror and science fiction magazine * '' APEX: The Story of the Hypercar'', a 2015 American documentary

Organizations

For-profit businesses

APEX Airlines APEX Airlines was a charter and scheduled airline based in Yangon, Myanmar. APEX provided scheduled air services to Myanmar's commercial city Yangon and to Tanintharyi Region with daily flights. It main base was Naypyidaw International Airport ...

, a charter and scheduled airline based in Yangon, Myanmar *

Apex Digital Apex Digital, Inc. is an American electronics manufacturer based in Walnut, California founded in 1997. It manufactures and distributes high definition and LCD panel televisions, DVD recorders and players, and other digital items including photo ...

, a California-based electronics manufacturer * Apex Hotels, a UK operator of four star hotels * Apex Records (Canada), a record label of Compo Company * Apex Silver Mines, a US-American mining company *

Apex Stores The Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Apex Companies is a holding company that at different times since its founding had retail, online retail, commercial and residential real estate development, real estate management, specialty, wholesale and manufact ...

, a Rhode Island-based department store chain *

Apex Studios Apex Studios was a recording studio in Manhattan, New York City. It had a high reputation for recording jazz. It was located in the Beaux Arts Steinway building. The owner was Bob Scheuing. When Al Schmitt started in 1950, the two engineers were Fre ...

, a recording studio in Manhattan, New York City *

Apple Productivity Experience Group Apple Productivity Experience Group (known as APEX) is an operating unit of Microsoft that, as of 2009, is the largest software developer outside of Apple Inc. for the macOS and iOS operating systems. Formed as Macintosh Business Unit on January ...

, an operating unit of Microsoft developing software for Apple products

Other organizations

Apex (altitude physiology expeditions) APEX (altitude physiology expeditions) is a high altitude medical research charity. It is based in Edinburgh, Scotland and was founded in 2000. It has conducted six high altitude research expeditions to Bolivia and Kilimanjaro. Previous expedit ...

, a high altitude medical research charity *

Apex (gang) Criminal activity in Victoria, Australia is combated by the Victoria Police and the Victorian court system, while statistics about crime are managed by the Crime Statistics Agency. Modern Australian states and cities, including Victoria, have s ...

, an unstructured criminal gang in Melbourne, Australia *

Apex Clubs of Australia The Association of Apex Clubs of Australia is an Australia-wide association of autonomous clubs dedicated to fellowship, self-improvement, and community service, similar to other service clubs such as Lions International but with a younger mem ...

, an association of young individuals * ''

Applied Physics Express ''Applied Physics Express'' or ''APEX'' is a scientific journal publishing letters, with usually no more than three pages per (concise) article. The main purpose is to rapidly publish original, timely, and novel research papers in applied physics. ...

'', a scientific peer-reviewed journal *

Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff The Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX) was a British trade union which represented clerical and administrative employees. History The Clerks Union was formed in 1890 and later was renamed as the National ...

, a British Trade Union

Places

Apex, Arizona Apex was a lumber town on the Grand Canyon Railway situated in Coconino County Coconino County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Its population was 145,101 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Flagstaf ...

Apex, Missouri Apex is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by are ...

, community in the United States *

Apex, North Carolina Apex () is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. At its southern border, Apex encompasses the community of Friendship. In 1994, the downtown area was designated a historic district, and the Apex train depot, built in 1867, is desi ...

, town in the United States *

Apex, Nunavut Apex ( Inuktitut ''Niaqunngut'') is a small community in Iqaluit located on Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is about southeast of Iqaluit on a small peninsula separating Koojesse (Kuujussi) Inlet from Tarr Inlet. Historically Apex was t ...

, community in Canada * Apex Park and Recreation District, in Colorado *

Apex Mountain Resort Apex Mountain Resort is a ski resort in southwestern Canada, located in the Okanagan region on Beaconsfield Mountain, just west of Penticton, British Columbia. Its first Pomalift was installed in 1961, with a vertical rise of . Beaconsfield Moun ...

, a ski resort near Penticton, British Columbia, Canada *

Apex Town Hall (historic) The Apex Town Hall, called Apex City Hall in the National Register of Historic Places is a historic town hall at 237 N Salem Street in the historic district of downtown Apex, North Carolina. It was built in 1912 after the June 12, 1911, fire de ...

, Apex, North Carolina

Science and mathematics

Anatomy

Apex (entomology) This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists. A–C A synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, toxic to vertebrates. Though i ...

, the anterior corner of a butterfly's wing *

Apex (mollusc) In anatomy, an apex (adjectival form: apical) is part of the shell of a mollusk. The apex is the pointed tip (the oldest part) of the shell of a gastropod, scaphopod, or cephalopod. The apex is used in end-blown conches. Gastropods The word "a ...

, the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod * Apex, the

apical meristem The meristem is a type of tissue found in plants. It consists of undifferentiated cells (meristematic cells) capable of cell division. Cells in the meristem can develop into all the other tissues and organs that occur in plants. These cells conti ...

or its remnant on a flower * Apex of the root of a tooth, the tip or extreme end of a root *

Apex (leaf) A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

, the tip of a leaf *

Apex of lung The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and most other animals, including some snails and a small number of fish. In mammals and most other vertebrates, two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of t ...

, the uppermost portion of lung *

Apex of the heart The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to ...

, the lowest superficial part of the heart *

Apex of the tongue The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for mastication and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste bu ...

, the tip of the tongue

Mathematics

Apex (geometry) In geometry, an apex (plural apices) is the vertex which is in some sense the "highest" of the figure to which it belongs. The term is typically used to refer to the vertex opposite from some " base". The word is derived from the Latin for 'summit ...

, the highest vertex in a polyhedron or the point where the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle meet *

Apex graph In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, an apex graph is a graph that can be made planar by the removal of a single vertex. The deleted vertex is called an apex of the graph. It is ''an'' apex, not ''the'' apex because an apex graph may have mo ...

, a graph that can be made planar by the removal of a single vertex

Other sciences

Apex predator An apex predator, also known as a top predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own. Apex predators are usually defined in terms of trophic dynamics, meaning that they occupy the highest trophic lev ...

, a predator at the top of a food chain, with no natural predators *

Solar apex The solar apex, or the apex of the Sun's way, refers to the direction that the Sun travels with respect to the local standard of rest. This is not to be confused with the Sun's apparent motion through all constellations of the zodiac, which is ...

, the direction in which the Solar System travels through the Milky Way * Acetone peroxide, a highly explosive organic peroxide

Technology

Computing

Apex (programming language) Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, a ...

, Java-like proprietary programming language * Apache Apex, an open-source streaming platform built on top of Hadoop *

, an operating unit of Microsoft developing software for Apple products *

Oracle Application Express Oracle APEX (also known as APEX or Oracle Application Express) is an enterprise low-code development platform from Oracle Corporation that is used to develop and deploy web applications on Oracle databases. APEX provides a web-based integrat ...

, a proprietary Oracle software development system *

BrailleNote Apex A BrailleNote is a computer made by HumanWare for persons with visual impairments. It has either a braille keyboard or a Qwerty Keyboard, a speech synthesizer, and a 32- or 18-column refreshable Braille display, depending on model. The "VoiceNote" ...

, a personal digital assistant for the blind * Apex, a game engine created by Avalanche Studios

Other technologies

Apex (racing) In motorsport, the racing line is the optimal path around a race course. In most cases, the line makes use of the entire width of the track to lengthen the radius of a turn: entering at the outside edge, touching the "apex"—a point on the insid ...

, the point a car should touch on the inside of a turn when following a proper line *

Apex (radio band) Apex radio stations (also known as skyscraper and pinnacle) was the name commonly given to a short-lived group of United States broadcasting stations, which were used to evaluate transmitting on frequencies that were much higher than the ones used ...

, an experimental very high frequency radio broadcasting system *

Additive System of Photographic Exposure APEX stands for Additive System of Photographic Exposure, which was proposed in the 1960 ASA standard for monochrome film speed, ASA PH2.5-1960, as a means of simplifying exposure computation. Exposure equation Until the late 1960s, cameras did ...

, a system of exposure calculation based on Ev units, or stops *

Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment Advanced Photovoltaic and Electronics Experiments, also known as APEX, was a satellite-based science mission launched into Low Earth orbit on August 3, 1994, by a Pegasus rocket. The mission successfully tested the use of photovoltaic and electro ...

, a scientific research satellite *

Atacama Pathfinder Experiment The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a radio telescope 5,064 meters above sea level, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, 50 km east of San Pedro de Atacama built and operated by 3 European r ...

, a radio telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory *

R-23 (missile) The Vympel R-23 ( NATO reporting name AA-7 ''Apex'') is a medium-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel in the Soviet Union for fighter aircraft. An updated version with greater range, the R-24, replaced it in service. It is comparable ...

, an air-to-air missile (NATO reporting name "Apex")

Other uses

Apex (diacritic) In written Latin, the apex (plural "apices") is a mark with roughly the shape of an acute accent which was sometimes placed over vowels to indicate that they are long. The shape and length of the apex can vary, sometimes within a single inscr ...

, a sign used by the Romans to mark long vowels *

Apex (typography) The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional entities * Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe *Apex, ...

, an upward pointing shape in certain letters *

Apex (headdress) The apex (plural: ''apices'') was a cap worn by certain priests, the flamines and Salii, in ancient Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood, the base of which was surr ...

, a cap worn in ancient Rome * , a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1958–68