Hypertext Webster Gateway: "summit"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Summit \Sum"mit\, n. [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from
L. summum, from summus highest. See {Sum}, n.]
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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

summit
n 1: the highest level or degree attainable: "his landscapes were
deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at
their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of
perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted
Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his
ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by
man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: {acme}, {height},
{elevation}, {peak}, {pinnacle}, {superlative}, {top}]
2: the uppermost part of a shape; "at the peak of the pyramid"
[syn: {crown}, {peak}]
3: the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak
was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of
Monadnock" [syn: {peak}, {crown}, {crest}, {top}, {tip}]
4: a meeting of heads of governments [syn: {summit meeting}]


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