plural apexes or apices
ˈā-pə-ˌsēz
ˈa-
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2
: the highest or culminating point
the apex of his career
3
: the point of sharpest curvature in a path (such as that followed by a turning vehicle)
a driver hitting the apex as he races around a corner
At the apex of the turn his rear wheels apparently came unstuck from the oil-drenched groove.—
Robert F. Jones
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