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apex
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apex
1. the highest point; vertex
2. Astronomy the point on the celestial sphere, lying in the constellation Hercules, towards which the sun appears to move at a velocity of 20 kilometres per second relative to the nearest stars


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The apex beat may be impalpable, and cardiac dullness to percussion may be absent.
 
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