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("Acme" is a regular English word from the Ancient Greek ἀκμή, akme meaning summit, highest point, extremity or peak, and thus sometimes used for "best".) A well-known example of "Acme" as a placeholder name is the Acme Corporation, whose products are often seen in the Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons.
Acme explosive tennis balls, an Acme product as seen in the Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Soup or Sonic. The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote animated shorts as a running gag. The company manufactures outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically at ...
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Acme United purchased the inventory, tooling, brands, and other intellectual property for approximately $1.47 million. In 2011, C-Thru's revenues were about $2.5 million with gross profits reaching roughly $1 million. [25] After Acme United acquired C-Thru Ruler Company in 2012, its products were integrated into the Westcott products family.
Acme entered a car in motor races in Atlanta City on the 26 to 30 April 1906. It was described as a new model that had just been tested. [53] In a 1907 race at Reading the Acme car driven by Edward Lange was beaten by a Pullman driven be Robert Morton. [54] In 1908 Acme created a new 6 cylinder 45 hp runabout capable of 76 mph, the Type XXI.
Neither Wile E. Coyote nor lawyer Will Forte look at all confident about their case in a first photo from Coyote vs. ACME, the live-action/animation hybrid film that Warner Bros. recently decided ...
The ACME corporation was an important and recurring element in the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". A mention of this might be waranted. Redge 15:41, 5 June 2010 (UTC) There are currently a couple of sentences about it in the "Live-action films, TV series" section. - DavidWBrooks 17:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term top (mountain top) is generally used only for a mountain peak that is located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation. For example, a big, massive rock next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered a summit.