Acme

{{distinguish|Acne}} {{wiktionary|acme|ACME|acmé}} '''Acme''' is Ancient Greek (ἀκμή; English transliteration: ''akmē'') for "the peak", "zenith" or "prime". It may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Arts and entertainment== * Acme (band), a Japanese rock band * ''Acme'' (album), an album by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion * Acme (card game), a form of solitaire * Acme and Septimius, a fictional couple in Catullus 45, a poem by Roman poet Catullus * Acme Corporation, a fictional company originating in ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons, later a generic fictional company name * ACME Detective Agency, a fictional detective agency in the ''Carmen Sandiego'' computer games and television shows

==Businesses==  ===Bangladesh=== * The ACME Laboratories Ltd, a pharmaceutical company

===United Kingdom=== * Acme Motor Co, a defunct motorcycle manufacturer based in Coventry * Acme Press Ltd., a defunct comics publisher (and retailer) in England * Acme Space, an architecture firm based in London * Acme Whistles, a major producer of whistles * Acme, the provisional moniker that preceded Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design), a video game developer

===United States=== * Acme Aircraft Co, later known as Sierradyne, an aircraft manufacturer based in Torrance, California * Acme Aircraft Corporation, an aircraft manufacturer based in Rockford, Illinois, during the 1920s * Acme (automobile) (and Acme Motor Car Company), an early motor car and manufacturer * Acme Boots, a manufacturer of western footwear owned by Berkshire Hathaway * Acme Bread Company, a bakery in Berkeley, California * Acme Brick, a brick manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway * ACME Comedy Theatre, a sketch comedy and improvisational theater located near Hollywood * ACME Comics & Collectibles, a comics and collectibles store in Sioux City, Iowa * ACME Communications, a television broadcasting company, based in Santa Ana, California * Acme Fresh Market, a chain of grocery stores in northeast Ohio * Acme Markets, a chain of grocery stores in the northeast * Acme Motor Truck Company, an early motor truck manufacturer * Acme Naming, a company founded by Andrea Carla Michaels * ACME Newspictures * Acme Packet, a VoIP Session Border Controller manufacturer * Acme Tackle Company, a producer of fishing tackle in Providence, Rhode Island * Acme Tools, an American tool and equipment distributor * Acme Truck Line, a national transportation service based in Gretna, Louisiana * Acme United Corporation, a scissors manufacturer founded in 1867 in Naugatuck, Connecticut * Air Craft Marine Engineering, a short-lived aircraft manufacturer established in 1954

==People== * Acme (enslaved woman) (died 5 BC), Jewish slave and personal maid to Empress Livia Drusilla * Andrea Carla Michaels, nicknamed ACME, American crossword puzzle constructor and founder of Acme Naming

==Places== ===Canada=== * Acme, Alberta, a village

===United States=== * Acme, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Acme, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Acme, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Acme, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Acme Township, Michigan * Acme, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Acme Township, Hettinger County, North Dakota * Acme, Oklahoma, a ghost town * Acme, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Acme, Texas, a ghost town * Acme, Washington, a census-designated place * Acme, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

==Science, technology and mathematics== * Acme (computer virus), a computer virus which infects DOS .EXE executable files * ACME (health software) automated determination of cause of death, used by several governments for the generation of national mortality statistics * Acme (text editor), a text editor and development environment originally for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system * Acme thread form, a screw thread used in specialized applications such as vises and leadscrews * Acme zone, a biostratigraphic zone where a fossil reaches its peak abundance * Arginine catabolic mobile element, a genetic system used by bacteria to tolerate skin polyamine defense compounds * Automatic Certificate Management Environment, a protocol for communications between a certificate authority and its users' web or DNS servers * Summit or acme, a topographic term * Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education, a British organisation established in 2002 by the Royal Society and the Joint Mathematical Council * ACME Laboratories, an open source software host of Jef Poskanzer

==Ships== * ''Accentor''-class minesweeper, a US Navy class sometimes called the ''Accentor''/''Acme'' class ** USS ''Acme'' (AMc-61), a coastal minesweeper launched in 1941 ** USS ''Acme'' (MSO-508), a minesweeper launched in 1955 * USS ''Abarenda'' (IX-131), originally named SS ''Acme'', a storage tanker * ''Acme'' (1876), a schooner built in Sydney, Australia * ''Acme'' (steamboat), which operated in the state of Washington from 1899 to 1910

==Vehicles==  * Acme motorcycle (1911–1913), an Australian motorcycle * Acme motorcycle (1915–1917), a motorcycle assembled in Burnie, Tasmania * Acme motorcycle (1939–1949), an Australian motorcycle

==Other uses== * Australian Centre for the Moving Image, a museum in Melbourne, Australia * Acme Studios, a London charity that provides studio and living space for visual artists * Acme Farm Supply Building, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places * ACME Comic Con, a fan convention held in Glasgow

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