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apices

[ey-puh-seez, ap-uh-]

noun

  1. a plural of apex.



apices

/ ˈæpɪˌsiːz, ˈeɪ- /

noun

  1. a plural of apex

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It also exhibits a remarkable asymmetric condition of the neural spines where they alternate from having transversely compressed apices to apices that are expanded to the right.

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And yet notice, she said, how some had pointed tips, or apices, and others rounded ones.

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It consists of two pear-shaped bulbs of glass, united at their apices and having a minute passage formed between them.

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On removing the plaster, it will be found that the drop has been broken up into thousands of minute needle-shaped particles arranged in cones, the apices being in the direction of the tail.

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Crests were originally worn by military commanders upon the apices of their helmets as the proud distinction of their rank; and, by adding to their apparent stature, served to give them a formidable aspect.

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