English Dictionary

acme

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæk.mi/

名詞

稀用 別表記

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.

日本語の意味

頂点、絶頂、最高潮 / 最高の例、模範

After decades of research, the laboratory's discovery was hailed as the acme of modern biotechnology.

数十年にわたる研究の末、その研究所の発見は現代バイオテクノロジーの頂点として称賛された。

意味（1）

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.

The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse.

意味（2）

A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.

The few words of advice she gave him as to escaping political embarrassments, struck him as the acme of wisdom, and as indicating an interest in his well-being of the kindest description;...

意味（3）

(rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.

He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keep your acme in the state of truth

意味（4）

(medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.

意味（5）

Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.

acmes （ plural ）