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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Summit city (1990 pop. 19,757), Union co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; settled c.1720, set off from Springfield and New Providence and inc. 1869. Pharmaceuticals are made, and several major companies have research facilities there. Situated on a ridge of Watchung Mt., it was the site of an important American lookout post during the Revolutionary War.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

sum·mit / ˈsəmit/ • n. 1. the highest point of a hill or mountain. ∎ fig. the highest attainable level of achievement: the dramas are considered to form one of the summits of world literature. 2. a meeting between heads of government: [as adj.] a summit conference.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

summit XV. — OF. som(m)ete, also somet, sumet (mod. sommet), f. som, sum :- L. summum, n. sg. of summus (see SUM); the sp. with -it (from XVII) is due to assim. to †summity summit (XIV–XVIII) — (O)F. sommité — late L. summitās (see -ITY).

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

summit n. the highest altitude above mean sea level that a projectile reaches in its flight from the gun to the target; the algebraic sum of the maximum ordinate and the altitude of the gun.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

summit •dammit, Hammett, Mamet •emmet, semmit •helmet, pelmet •remit • limit • kismet • climate •comet, grommet, vomit •Goldschmidt •plummet, summit •Hindemith •hermit, Kermit, permit •gannet, granite, Janet, planet •magnet • Hamnett • pomegranate •Barnet, garnet •Bennett, genet, jennet, rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet •innit, linnet, minute, sinnet •cygnet, signet •cabinet • definite • Plantagenet •bonnet, sonnet •cornet, hornet •unit •punnet, whodunnit (US whodunit) •bayonet • dragonet • falconet •baronet • coronet •alternate, burnet •sandpit • carpet • armpit • decrepit •cesspit • bear pit • fleapit •pipit, sippet, skippet, snippet, tippet, Tippett, whippet •limpet • incipit • limepit •moppet, poppet •cockpit • cuckoo-spit • pulpit • puppet •crumpet, strumpet, trumpet •parapet • turnspit

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