Acme

  • 11acme — index ceiling, culmination, pinnacle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12ACME — Communications (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) * Assembling Configuration Management Environments (Governmental » Environmental) * A Company that Makes Everything (Miscellaneous » Funnies) * Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment (Academic &… …

    Abbreviations dictionary

  • 13acme — s.f. [dal gr. akmḗ punta, culmine ]. 1. [punto culminante di qualcosa: l a. della gloria ; raggiungere l a. ] ▶◀ apice, apogeo, colmo, culmine, massimo, punta, sommità, top, vertice, zenit. ◀▶ minimo. 2. (med.) [momento di massima intensità di… …

    Enciclopedia Italiana

  • 14acme — (n.) highest point, 1560s, from Gk. akme (highest) point, edge; peak of anything, from PIE root *ak sharp (see ACRID (Cf. acrid)). Written in Greek letters until c.1620. The U.S. grocery store chain was founded 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15ACME — (от греч. акте—острие, вершина), в медицине обозначает вообще период наивысшего развития какого нибудь пат. процесса. В учении о лихорадке (см.) представление об А. лихорадочного процесса обо значает обычно период наивысшего стояния… …

    Большая медицинская энциклопедия

  • 16acme — s. m. 1. Período mais agudo de uma doença. 2. Ponto mais alto. = AUGE, CLÍMAX   ‣ Etimologia: grego akmé, ês, ponta, extremidade   • Confrontar: acne …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 17acme — apex, zenith, culmination, climax, *summit, peak, apogee, pinnacle, meridian …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 18acme — [n] pinnacle of achievement or physical object apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, height, highest point, high point, meridian, optimum, peak, summit, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith; concepts 706,836 Ant. nadir …

    New thesaurus

  • 19acmé — (Del gr. ἀκμή, punta). amb. Med. Período de mayor intensidad de una enfermedad …

    Diccionario de la lengua española

  • 20acme — ► NOUN ▪ the highest point of achievement or excellence. ORIGIN Greek akm highest point …

    English terms dictionary