Apex
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Apex (headdress)
The apex was a cap worn by the flamines and Salii at Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool. This was worn on the top of the head, and was held there either by fillets only, or, as was more commonly the case, was also fastened by means of two strings or bands, which were called apicula (Festus, s.v.), or offendices (Festus, s.v.), though the latter word is also interpreted to mean a kind of button, by which the strings were fastened under the chin (cf. Serv. ad Virg. Aen. ii.683, viii.664, x.270).
The flamines were forbidden by law to go into public, or even into the open air without the apex (Gellius x.15), and hence we find the expression of alicui apicem dialem imponere used as equivalent to the appointment of a Flamen Dialis (Livy vi.41). Sulpicius was deprived of the priesthood, only because the apex fell from his head whilst he was sacrificing (Valerius Maximus i.1 §5).
Apex (mollusc)
In anatomy, an apex (adjectival form: apical) is part of the shell of a mollusk. The apex is the pointed tip (the oldest part) of the shell of a gastropod, scaphopod, or cephalopod.
Gastropods
The word "apex" is most often used to mean the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod. The apex is the first-formed, and therefore the oldest, part of the shell.
To be more precise, the apex would usually be where the tip of the embryonic shell or protoconch is situated, if that is still present in the adult shell (often it is lost or eroded away).
Coiled gastropod shells
The phrase apical whorls, or protoconch, means the whorls that constitute the embryonic shell at the apex of the shell, especially when this is clearly distinguishable from the later whorls of the shell, otherwise known as the teleoconch.
Comparison of the apical part and the whole shell of Otukaia kiheiziebisu:
Limpet-like gastropod shells
Where this feature is present, the space under the apex of a patellate or patelliform (limpet-like) gastropod shell is called the apical cavity.
Bangin'
Bangin' is the sophomore album by British rock band The Outfield, which yielded one Top 40 hit, "Since You've Been Gone." The album also contained two other singles "No Surrender" and "Bangin' on My Heart". "No Surrender" became a minor hit receiving MTV airplay and radio airplay in select markets. "Bangin' on My Heart" did not fare too well but did reach top 40 on the mainstream rock charts. The "Bangin'" album has been certified gold and isn't too far from platinum status as of 2010.
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All songs were written by John Spinks except noted.
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Bangin
Bangin (Persian: بنگين, also Romanized as Bangīn; also known as Bangī, Bankīn, Banmakīn, and Pan’gi) is a village in Dowlatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 992, in 265 families.
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