Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Acme \Ac"me\, n. [Gr. ? point, top.]
   1. The top or highest point; the culmination.

            The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
                                                  --Pope.

            The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of
            its supremacy.                        --I. Taylor.

   2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.

   3. Mature age; full bloom of life. --B. Jonson.

Source : WordNet®

acme
     n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were
          deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at
          their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of
          perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted
          Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his
          ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by
          man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: {height}, {elevation},
           {peak}, {pinnacle}, {summit}, {superlative}, {top}]
     2: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the
        pyramid" [syn: {vertex}, {peak}, {apex}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

ACME
     
         /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything.
        The {canonical} imaginary business.  Possibly also derived
        from the word "acme" meaning "highest point".
     
        2. A program for {MS-DOS}.
     
        [What does it do?]
     
        (1994-11-08)