acme
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
- A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
- Full bloom or reproductive maturity.
- Sexual orgasm.
- Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
- Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.
- A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.
- Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.
Proper noun
- A generic or monopoly company.
- A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
- A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Columbus County, North Carolina.
- A number of places in the United States: A township in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County and Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
- A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Oklahoma.
- A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Texas.
- A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Washington.
- A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a generic company name.
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