| summit | 1. The top; the highest point. "Fixed on the summit of the highest mount." (Shak) 2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame. 3. <zoology> The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated. Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent. Origin: F. Sommet, dim. Of OF. Som, sum, top, from L. Summum, from summus highest. See Sum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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