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The highest point, top or apex of something.

📑 Synonyms: acme apex peak top

(anatomy) The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.

(geometry) An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.

The common point of the two rays that form an angle.

The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.

(mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.

(graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.

📑 Synonyms: node

(computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.

(optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.

(particle physics) An interaction point.

(astrology) The point where the {{w|prime vertical}} meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.

(typography) A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".