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apogee(dictionary)

apogee (iou)



apogee noun. Formerly also in Latin & Greek forms. L16.
[French apogee or mod. Latin apog(a)eum from Greek apogaion, -geion use as noun (sc. diastema distance) of neut. of apogaios, -geios far from the earth, from APO- + gaia, ge earth.]
(Opp. PERIGEE.)
Astronomy. The point furthest from the earth in the path of a body orbiting the earth. (Orig. also used with ref. to the sun and planets, viewed geocentrically.) L16.
The point in the sky at which the sun has the highest altitude at noon (i.e. at the summer solstice). E-M17.
fig. The furthest or highest point; the culmination, the climax. M17.
P. A. Scholes Beethoven's Ninth Symphony remains the apogee of the orchestral art. E. Bowen This conversation we're having now..seems to me the apogee of bad taste.
apogaeic, apogaic adjective M-L19.
apo'geal adjective (now rare or obsolete) M18.
apo'gean adjective of or pertaining to apogee (lit. or fig.) M17.