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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=geometry">geometry</a>, an <b>apex</b> (: <b>apices</b>) is the <a href="page.php?w=Vertex_%28geometry%29">vertex</a> which is in some sense the "highest" of the figure to which it belongs. The term is typically used to refer to the vertex opposite from some "<a href="page.php?w=Base_%28geometry%29">base</a>". The word is derived from the <a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> for 'summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end'. The term apex may be used in different contexts:<br/>
* In an <a href="page.php?w=isosceles_triangle">isosceles triangle</a>,</p><p>
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