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

Arts and media

Fictional entities

Apex (comics) A-Bomb Abomination Absorbing Man Abraxas Abyss Abyss is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Nils Styger Abyss is a mutant and the half-brother of Nightcrawler (character) ...

, 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'' * APEX Medical Hospital, a fictional hospital in the Filipino TV series '' Abot-Kamay na Pangarap''

Music

* ''Apex'' (album), by Canadian heavy metal band Unleash the Archers * Apex (band), a Polish heavy metal band * Apex (musician) (1981–2017), British drum and bass music producer and DJ * The Apex Theory, the former name of the alternative rock band Mt. Helium * Lord Apex, a rapper from West London, UK

Video games

* Apex (tournament), a fighting game tournament focusing on ''Super Smash Bros.'' * '' Racing Evoluzione'', also known as ''Apex'', a 2003 video game for the Xbox * Overwatch Apex, a South Korean ''Overwatch'' tournament series * ''

Apex Legends ''Apex Legends'' is a 2019 Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's ''Titanfall'' series. It is offered ...

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

Film

* '' A.P.E.X.'', a 1994 science fiction film * ''Apex'' (2021 film), an American action film directed by Edward John Drake and starring Bruce Willis * ''Apex'' (upcoming film), action-thriller directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Charlize Theron * '' APEX: The Story of the Hypercar'', a 2015 American documentary * ''F1'' (film), a sports drama starring Brad Pitt, which was codenamed ''Apex'' during development

Literature

* ''Apex'' (Ramez Naam novel), a 2015 cyber-punk novel * ''

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

'', an American horror and science fiction magazine

Organizations

For-profit businesses

* APEX Airlines, a charter and scheduled airline based in Yangon, Myanmar * Apex Digital, 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 manuf ...

, 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 *

Apex Tool Group Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools. It was formed as a joint venture of Cooper Industries and Danaher Corporation, Danaher by the merger of Cooper Tools and Danaher's Tools and Components segment. In October 2 ...

, an American supplier of hand and power tools *

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 (gang) The African gangs moral panic, sometimes referred to as the African gangs narrative, was a moral panic relating to the supposed presence of Sudanese-Australian criminal gangs in Melbourne, Australia. The most intense period of the panic occurred ...

, 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 physi ...

'', a scientific peer-reviewed journal * Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, a British Trade Union

Places

* Apex, Arizona * Apex, Missouri, community in the United States * Apex, North Carolina, town in the United States * Apex, Nunavut, community in Canada * Apex Park and Recreation District, in Colorado * Apex Mountain Resort, a ski resort near Penticton, British Columbia, Canada * Apex Town Hall (historic), Apex, North Carolina * UFC Apex

Science and mathematics

Anatomy

* Apex (entomology), the anterior corner of an insect's wing *

Apex (mollusc) In anatomy, an apex (adjectival form: apical) is part of the mollusc shell, 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 conch (instrument), ...

, the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod * Shoot apex, the apical meristem of a plant or its remnant on a flower *

Root apex (botany) In cell biology, the meristem is a structure composed of specialized tissue found in plants, consisting of stem cells, known as meristematic cells, which are undifferentiated cells capable of continuous cellular division. These meristematic ce ...

, the apical meristem of the root * Root apex (dental), the extreme end of the root of a tooth * Apex (leaf), the tip of a leaf * Apex of lung, the uppermost portion of lung *

Apex of the heart The heart is a muscular organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissu ...

, the lowest superficial part of the heart * Apex of the tongue, the tip of the tongue

Chemistry

Acetone peroxide Acetone peroxide ( also called APEX and mother of Satan) is an organic peroxide and a primary explosive. It is produced by the reaction of acetone and hydrogen peroxide to yield a mixture of linear monomer and cyclic dimer, trimer, and tet ...

, a highly explosive organic peroxide * Ascorbate peroxidase, an enzyme that catalyses the reaction between biotin-phenol and hydrogen peroxide

Mathematics

Apex (geometry) In geometry, an apex (: 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, pea ...

, the highest vertex in a polyhedron or the point where the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle meet * Apex graph, a graph that can be made planar by the removal of a single vertex

Other sciences

* Apex (dinosaur), a fossilized ''Stegosaurus'' *

Apex predator An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, 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 hig ...

, 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 i ...

, the direction in which the Solar System travels through the Milky Way

Technology

Computing

Apex (programming language) Salesforce, Inc. is an American Cloud computing, cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, analytics, artificial intel ...

, 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, a proprietary Oracle software development system * BrailleNote Apex, a personal digital assistant for the blind * Apex, a game engine created by

Avalanche Studios Avalanche Studios Group is a Swedish video game developer and publisher based in Stockholm. It is a parent company that includes Avalanche Studios, Expansive Worlds, and Systemic Reaction. Founded by Linus Blomberg and Christofer Sundberg in M ...

Other technologies

* Apex (racing), the point a car should touch on the inside of a turn when following a proper line * Apex (radio band), an experimental very high frequency radio broadcasting system * Additive System of Photographic Exposure, a system of exposure calculation based on Ev units, or stops * Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment, 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 Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western Sou ...

, a radio telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory * R-23 (missile), an air-to-air missile (NATO reporting name "Apex")

Other uses

Apex (diacritic) In written Latin language, Latin, the apex (plural "apices") is a mark with roughly the shape of an acute accent () or apostrophe () that was sometimes placed over vowels to indicate that they were long vowel, long. The shape and length of th ...

, a sign used by the Romans to mark long vowels * Apex (typography), an upward pointing shape in certain letters * Apex (headdress), a cap worn in ancient Rome * , a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1958–68