Category:Summit

Sum"mit, n. Etym: [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. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.