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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apexes"

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Word	Definition
solar apexnoun	(astronomy) The point to which the Sun appears to be moving with respect to the local stars
vertexnoun	(geometry) An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
peaknoun	The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
acmenoun	A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
armconoun	(genericized trademark) A type of metal roadside safety barrier.
essesnoun	(motor racing, usually in the plural) A sequence of winding turns.
hairpinnoun	A pin or fastener for the hair.
cambernoun	A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
hairpin bendnoun	An acute curve, often one of a series, in a road, especially on a steep incline.
oversteernoun	The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.
straightawaysnoun	the second release of the band Son Volt.
chicanenoun	(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
dihedralnoun	(aeronautics) The upward slope of an aircraft's wing
curvesnoun	A gentle bend, such as in a road.
aquaplanenoun	(originally US, water sports) A board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat.
skidpannoun	A skidpad.
tachnoun	(medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.
headpinnoun	(ten-pin bowling) The kingpin.
kerbingnoun	A strip of kerb.
bargeboardnoun	(architecture) Alternative spelling of barge board. [A board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to protect and hide other timbers.]