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Apex may refer to:

• Apex (mollusc), the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod
• Apex (hat), a pointed piece of olive-wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool, worn by Roman priests
• Solar apex, the direction that our solar system travels through in our Galaxy
• Apex (radio band), an experimental very high frequency radio broadcasting system
• Apex (racing), the point a car should touch on the inside of a turn when following a proper line
• Apex (geometry), the highest vertex in a polyhedron or geometric solid
• Apex (botanical) is the Apical meristem or its remnant on a flower
• Apex (anatomy) is the upper-most part of the armpit when the body is in anatomical position.

Apex is the name of:

• Apex, North Carolina, a town in the United States
• Apex (Niaqunngut), a community on Baffin Island, part of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
• Apex Digital, a California-based electronics manufacturer
• Apex Digest, a Kentucky-based science fiction magazine
• Apex Stores, a Rhode Island-based department store chain
• Apex Theory, an alternative rock band.
• A supervillain on the TV show Portal
• Vympel R-23, an air-to-air missile (NATO reporting name "Apex")
• Apex (altitude physiology expeditions), a high altitude medical research charity.
• Apex Clubs of Australia, an association of young individuals, who seek to serve their local community and promote community spirit.

APEX may stand for:

• Asian Professional Exchange
• APEX system (Additive System of Photographic Exposure), a system of exposure calculation based on Ev units, or stops
• Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, a radioastronomical project in the high Andes in the north of Chile
• Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff, a British Trade Union
• Oracle Application Express (APEX), a free Oracle software development system
• Arrayed Primer Extension (APEX), a genetic resequencing method for rapid identification of mutations

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