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Noun: acme  ak-mee
  1. The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
    "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme";
    - height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
     
  2. The highest point (of something)
    "at the acme of the pyramid";
    - vertex, peak, apex

Derived forms: acmes

Type of: degree, extreme, extreme point, extremum, level, phase, phasis, point, stage

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