Apex

The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to:

Fictional entities

 * Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe
 * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe
 * Apex, a genetically engineered human population in the TV series The Crossing

Music

 * Apex (album), by Canadian heavy metal band Unleash the Archers
 * Apex (band), a Polish heavy metal band
 * Apex (musician) (1981–2017), British drum and bass music producer and DJ
 * The Apex Theory, the former name of the alternative rock band Mt. Helium
 * Lord Apex, a rapper from West London, UK

Video games

 * Apex (tournament), a fighting game tournament focusing on Super Smash Bros.
 * Racing Evoluzione, also known as Apex, a 2003 video game for the Xbox
 * Overwatch Apex, a South Korean Overwatch tournament series
 * Apex Legends, a 2019 video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts

Film

 * A.P.E.X., a 1994 science fiction film
 * Apex (2021 film), a 2021 American action film starring Bruce Willis
 * APEX: The Story of the Hypercar, a 2015 American documentary
 * F1 (film), a sports drama starring Brad Pitt, which was codenamed Apex during development

Literature

 * Apex (Ramez Naam novel), a 2015 cyber-punk novel
 * Apex Magazine, an American horror and science fiction magazine

For-profit businesses

 * APEX Airlines, a charter and scheduled airline based in Yangon, Myanmar
 * Apex Digital, a California-based electronics manufacturer
 * Apex Hotels, a UK operator of four star hotels
 * Apex Records (Canada), a record label of Compo Company
 * Apex Silver Mines, a US-American mining company
 * Apex Stores, a Rhode Island-based department store chain
 * Apex Studios, a recording studio in Manhattan, New York City
 * Apple Productivity Experience Group, an operating unit of Microsoft developing software for Apple products

Other organizations

 * Apex (gang), an unstructured criminal gang in Melbourne, Australia
 * Apex Clubs of Australia, an association of young individuals
 * Applied Physics Express, a scientific peer-reviewed journal
 * Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, a British Trade Union

Places

 * Apex, Arizona
 * Apex, Missouri, community in the United States
 * Apex, North Carolina, town in the United States
 * Apex, Nunavut, community in Canada
 * Apex Park and Recreation District, in Colorado
 * Apex Mountain Resort, a ski resort near Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
 * Apex Town Hall (historic), Apex, North Carolina

Anatomy

 * Apex (entomology), the anterior corner of an insect's wing
 * Apex (mollusc), the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod
 * Shoot apex, the apical meristem of a plant or its remnant on a flower
 * Root apex (botany), the apical meristem of the root
 * Root apex (dental), the extreme end of the root of a tooth
 * Apex (leaf), the tip of a leaf
 * Apex of lung, the uppermost portion of lung
 * Apex of the heart, the lowest superficial part of the heart
 * Apex of the tongue, the tip of the tongue

Chemistry

 * Acetone peroxide, a highly explosive organic peroxide
 * Ascorbate peroxidase, an enzyme that catalyses the reaction between biotin-phenol and hydrogen peroxide

Mathematics

 * Apex (geometry), the highest vertex in a polyhedron or the point where the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle meet
 * Apex graph, a graph that can be made planar by the removal of a single vertex

Other sciences

 * Apex predator, a predator at the top of a food chain, with no natural predators
 * Solar apex, the direction in which the Solar System travels through the Milky Way

Computing

 * Apex (programming language), Java-like proprietary programming language
 * Apache Apex, an open-source streaming platform built on top of Hadoop
 * Apple Productivity Experience Group, an operating unit of Microsoft developing software for Apple products
 * Oracle Application Express, a proprietary Oracle software development system
 * BrailleNote Apex, a personal digital assistant for the blind
 * Apex, a game engine created by Avalanche Studios

Other technologies

 * Apex (racing), the point a car should touch on the inside of a turn when following a proper line
 * Apex (radio band), an experimental very high frequency radio broadcasting system
 * Additive System of Photographic Exposure, a system of exposure calculation based on Ev units, or stops
 * Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment, a scientific research satellite
 * Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, a radio telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory
 * R-23 (missile), an air-to-air missile (NATO reporting name "Apex")

Other uses

 * Apex (diacritic), a sign used by the Romans to mark long vowels
 * Apex (typography), an upward pointing shape in certain letters
 * Apex (headdress), a cap worn in ancient Rome
 * SS Apex, a Panamanian cargo ship in service 1958–68