apical
Americanadjective
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of, at, or forming the apex.
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Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated principally with the aid of the tip of the tongue, as t or d.
noun
adjective
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of, at, or being the apex
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of or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue, such as (t) or (d)
Other Word Forms
- apically adverb
Etymology
Origin of apical
Example Sentences
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To explore these effects, researchers induced apical periodontitis in 30 rats and divided them into three groups.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2025
BBM encodes a transcription factor that regulates embryonic development, while WUS encodes a transcription factor that maintains stem cell identity in the shoot apical meristem region.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2024
The measurements were taken at the neurons' distal apical dendrites of the visual cortex, which receive top-down signals, and at their cell bodies, which receive bottom-up signals.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
The three branches of this complex narrow and join at the apical, or narrow, end of the cell.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
At the apical end, next the micropyle, is the egg-apparatus, comprising the egg-cell or ovum flanked by the two synergid� or helping-cells, while the basal or chalazal end is occupied by the three antipodal 'cells'.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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