different between summit vs acrocarpous

English

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English somete, from early Middle French somete, from Old French sommette, somet (compare modern French sommet), a diminutive of som (“highest part, top of a hill”), from Latin summum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?m??t, IPA^(key): /?s?m?t/
• Homophone: summat (in some dialects)
• Rhymes: -?m?t

Noun

summit (plural summits)

1. (countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.

   In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.

2. (countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.

   They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

Usage notes

Colloquially summit is used for only the highest point of a mountain, while in mountaineering any point that is higher than surrounding points is a summit, such as the South Summit of Mount Everest. These are distinguished by topographic prominence as subsummits (low prominence) or independent summits (high prominence).

Synonyms

• (peak, top of mountain): acme, apex, peak, zenith

Derived terms

• subsummit
• Summit County
• summiteer

Translations

Verb

summit (third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summiting or summitting, simple past and past participle summited or summitted)

1. (transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
   • 2012, Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic, vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:

     Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *summit, *sumwit, *sumwiht, variant of sum wiht, som wiht (“some thing”, literally “some wight”). More at some, wight.

Alternative forms

• sommit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mit/

Pronoun

summit

1. (Northern England, East Midlands) Something

Anagrams

• mutism

Italian

Noun

summit m (invariable)

1. summit (gathering of leaders)

   Synonyms: vertice, conferenza

Swedish

Verb

summit

1. supine of simma. (strong inflection)

Anagrams

• mutism

Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English summit.

Noun

summit

1. summit

References

• ?nvestitsiä Summit?

English

Etymology

acro- +? -carpous

Adjective

acrocarpous (comparative more acrocarpous, superlative most acrocarpous)

1. (botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.