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The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point. +

(geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.

(chiefly anatomy) The pointed fine end of something.

The lowest part of the human heart.

The deepest part of a tooth's root.

(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.

(botany) The growing point of a shoot.

(astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.

(physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.

(mining, US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

(typography) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.

(typography) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.

(typography) A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".

(figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. +

(ecology) The top of the food chain.

A conical priest cap.