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1. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
2. (geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
3. (chiefly anatomy) The pointed fine end of something.
4. The lowest part of the human heart.
5. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
6. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
7. (botany) The growing point of a shoot.
8. (astronomy) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
9. (physics) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
10. (mining, US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
11. (typography):
12. A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
13. A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .
14. 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".
15. (motor racing) The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.
16. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
17. (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
18. (attributive, ecology) The top of the food chain.
19. A conical priest cap.