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  ACME
       
           /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything.
          The canonical imaginary business.  Possibly also derived
          from the word "acme" meaning "highest point".
       
          2. A program for MS-DOS.
       
          [What does it do?]
       
          (1994-11-08)
       
       

  Acme, LA
    Zip code(s): 71316
  Acme, PA
    Zip code(s): 15610
  Acme, WA
    Zip code(s): 98220
  Acme, WY
    Zip code(s): 82839

  Acme \Ac"me\, n. [Gr. ? point, top.]
     1. The top or highest point; the culmination.
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              The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
                                                    --Pope.
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              The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of
              its supremacy.                        --I. Taylor.
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     2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.
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     3. Mature age; full bloom of life. --B. Jonson.
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  Acme n. [from Greek `akme', highest point of perfection or achievement]
     The canonical supplier of bizarre, elaborate, and non-functional
     gadgetry - where Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson (two cartoonists who
     specialized in elaborate contraptions) shop. The name has been
     humorously expanded as A (or American) Company Making Everything. (In
     fact, Acme was a real brand sold from Sears Roebuck catalogs in the
     early 1900s.) Describing some X as an "Acme X" either means "This is
     insanely great", or, more likely, "This looks insanely great on
     paper, but in practice it's really easy to shoot yourself in the foot
     with it." Compare pistol.
  
     This term, specially cherished by American hackers and explained here
     for the benefit of our overseas brethren, comes from the Warner
     Brothers' series of "Roadrunner" cartoons. In these cartoons, the
     famished Wile E. Coyote was forever attempting to catch up with, trap,
     and eat the Roadrunner. His attempts usually involved one or more
     high-technology Rube Goldberg devices - rocket jetpacks, catapults,
     magnetic traps, high-powered slingshots, etc. These were usually
     delivered in large wooden crates labeled prominently with the Acme name
     - which, probably not by coincidence, was the trade name of the
     animation rotation board used by cartoonists since forever. Acme devices
     invariably malfunctioned in improbable and violent ways.
  
  

  ACME
       A Company that Makes Everything (slang)
       
       

  Acme \Ac"me\, n. [Gr. ? point, top.]
     1. The top or highest point; the culmination.
  
              The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of
              its supremacy.                        --I. Taylor.
  
     2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.
  
     3. Mature age; full bloom of life. --B. Jonson.

  acme
       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: height, elevation,
             peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top]
       2: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the
          pyramid" [syn: vertex, peak, apex]

  acme
     Αγγλικά n.
     ακμή

  Acme
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (τόπος en οικισμός Καναδάς) στην Αλμπέρτα
     2 ονομασία (τόπος en οικισμός ΗΠΑ οικισμών)

  acme
     n.
     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. (c. 1610)

  Acme
     n.
     A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.
     n.
     (lb en fiction) A generic or monopoly company.

  ACME
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a threading
  format''.
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a generic
  company name''.

  acme
     n.
     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. (c. 1610)

  Acme
     n.
     A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.
     n.
     (lb en fiction) A generic or monopoly company.

  ACME
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a threading
  format''.
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a generic
  company name''.

  acme
     n.
     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. (c. 1610)

  Acme
     n.
     A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.
     n.
     (lb en fiction) A generic or monopoly company.

  ACME
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a threading
  format''.
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a generic
  company name''.

  acme
     n.
     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. (c. 1610)

  Acme
     n.
     A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.
     n.
     (lb en fiction) A generic or monopoly company.

  ACME
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a threading
  format''.
     n.
     (alternative case form of en Acme), ''particularly as a generic
  company name''.

  acme
     Englanti n.
     huippu, huipentuma, huippukohta

  acme
     Engelska n.
     höjdpunkt, kulm

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  apogeum

  Acme /ˈakmɪ/
  القمّة

  acme //ˈæk.mi// 
  1. разцвет
  full bloom
  2. връхна точка
  the highest point

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  nejvyšší dosažitelný bod

  acme /ˈakmɪ/ 
  vrchol

  ACME /ˈakmɪ/
  Společnost pro všechno (zkratka A Company that Makes Everything)
  

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  Höhepunkt , Gipfel 

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  
  ακμή, κολοφώνας, το άκρον άωτον

  acme //ˈæk.mi// 
  1. akme, huippu
  peak of a disease
  2. huippu, huippukohta
  the highest point

  acme /ækmiː/
  1. apogée
  2. cime, point culminant, sommet

  acme /ˈakmɪ/ 
  1. पराकाष्ठा
        "His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty."

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  najviša točka, vrhunac

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  tetôpont

  acme /ækmiː/ 
  apogeu, ápice, climax

  acme //ˈæk.mi// 
  1. kulm
  full bloom
  2. höjdpunkt, kulmen
  the highest point

  acme /ˈakmɪ/
  1. doruk, zirve, olgunluk zirvesi
  2. (Tıb) buhran, kriz.

  acme //ˈakme// 
  1. връхна точка
  }
  2. остър връх
  } apice

  acme //ˈakme// 
  απόγειο 2.
  }
   3.
  } apice

  acme //ˈakme// 
  akme 2.
  }
   3.
  } apice

  acme //ˈakme// 
  krisis
  }

  acme //ˈakme// 
  1. クライシス
  }
  2. ピーク
  } apice

  acme //ˈakme// 
  1. krizė
  }
  2. aukštis
  } apice

  acme //ˈakme// 
  gradacja
  } apice

  acme //ˈakme// 
  1. buhran
  }
  2. boy
  } apice

  
/ˈækmi/

  Acme, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
     Population (2000):    263
     Housing Units (2000): 88
     Land area (2000):     9.805551 sq. miles (25.396260 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    9.805551 sq. miles (25.396260 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            00275
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             48.715402 N, 122.209954 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     98220
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Acme, WA
      Acme
  

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "acme":
     Olympian heights, acme of perfection, aerial heights, all, apex,
     apogee, apotheosis, authority, authorization, be-all and end-all,
     beau ideal, best type, blue ribbon, brow, cap, capstone, ceiling,
     championship, climax, cloud nine, command, consummation, control,
     crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cynosure, directorship,
     dizzy heights, dominion, edge, effectiveness, ego ideal, elevation,
     eminence, end, ether, extreme, extreme limit, extremity,
     first place, first prize, headship, heaven, heavens, hegemony,
     height, heights, hero, high noon, highest, highest degree,
     highest pitch, highest point, ideal, imperium, influence,
     jurisdiction, kingship, last word, leadership, lift, limit,
     lordship, management, mastership, mastery, maximum, meridian,
     mirror, most, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, new high,
     no place higher, noon, nth degree, palms, paragon, paramountcy,
     peak, perfection, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle, pitch, point,
     pole, power, presidency, primacy, raise, record, ridge, rise,
     rising ground, rule, say, seventh heaven, shining example, sky,
     sovereignty, spire, steep, stratosphere, summit, supremacy, sway,
     the whole, tip, tip-top, top, top spot, ultimate, upmost,
     upper extremity, uppermost, uprise, utmost, utmost extent,
     uttermost, vantage ground, vantage point, vertex, very top,
     zenith
  
  

  n. 顶点,极致;

     n. 顶点,极点,极度,尖端