Acme

acme ACME acmé English + Corporation Alternative forms en ACME fitting or company en acme fitting Etymology From en acme highest, best. As a threading, from the original 1894 manufacturer, the Acme Screw Machine Company of Hartford, Connecticut.ASME B1.5-1997: Acme Screw Threads. 6 Dec. 1999. In its use as a generic company for comedic effect or to avoid trademark issues, most popularized by the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons but already very commonly used by 20th century American companies as a way to lead the professional listings in yellow pages yellow page phone books. The common belief that Acme would be an acronym for "A Company Making Everything" is a misconception.en Onscreen Chemistry John O’Donoghue https://www.google.com/books/edition/Onscreen_Chemistry/Af0dEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 Royal Society of Chemistry 978-1-83767-214-1 2025 Although commonly assumed, the name is not an acronym for 'A Company Making Everything'. It actually comes from the Greek word meaning 'the highest' or 'the peak', Pronunciation en /ˈækmi/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acme.wav Southern England Proper noun en fiction A generic or monopoly company. en Stan Dryer The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge Playboy Magazine 152 https://archive.org/details/USPlayboy196807/page/n152/mode/1up Henry knew better than to alienate one of the Acme secretaries. 1968 July en September 29 2012 Adam Felber Wait, Wait... Don’t Tell Me! National Public Radio [ Netanyahu ] showed everybody how close Iran was to getting nuclear weapons by having this spherical cartoon bomb with a wick coming up like Acme style. I was watching this thing thinking, are we worried about Ahmadinejad or are we worried about Inspector Clouseau? en village co/Kneehill County p/Alberta c/Canada. en number of places c/USA: en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Hamilton co/Jackson County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community co/Dickinson County s/Kansas. en unincorporated community par/Concordia Parish s/Louisiana. en twp/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Grand Traverse County s/Michigan. en unincorporated community co/Columbus County s/North Carolina. en twp co/Hettinger County s/North Dakota. en unincorporated community co/Westmoreland County and co/Fayette County s/Pennsylvania. en ghost town s/Oklahoma. en ghost town s/Texas. en CDP s/Washington. en unincorporated community co/Kanawha County s/West Virginia. Noun Trapezoidal thread form - A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters. Derived terms en acme nut en acme screw References Anagrams en acem ECMA EMAC Mace Mače came eMac mace en placeholder terms terms derived from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies en American fiction Latin Etymology la Acmē :bor grc:Ἀκμή + 1 Pronunciation Acmē Proper noun Acmē<1> la female Declension Acmē<1> Further reading Acmē