zenith
the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer.: Compare nadir.
a highest point or state; culmination.
Origin of zenith
1Other words for zenith
Opposites for zenith
Words that may be confused with zenith
- nadir, zenith
Words Nearby zenith
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How to use zenith in a sentence
Last week I wrote about my affection for Knoke, so you can guess who I was rooting for as the hourlong episode reached its zenith.
On the back of Kerry’s climate diplomacy, Obama and Xi feted each other a year later at a state dinner in Washington—perhaps the zenith of relations between the two countries in recent years.
John Kerry Is Bringing America Back Into the Climate Fight | Justin Worland/Naples. Italy | October 28, 2021 | TimeWho was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith?
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis reached its zenith when he and Jon Stewart held their Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear in 2010.
In his own mind he is at the zenith of his life, a man in full.
The major labor unions - then at the zenith of their political power - disliked Johnson.
In 1986, at the zenith of her strength, that figure was reduced to 1.9 million.
How Margaret Thatcher Saved Britain and Changed the World | David Frum | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sky was alight from zenith to horizon, the Nile aflame with sunrise, by the time the letter was written.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe leathered Diapason, indeed, is now attaining a zenith of popularity both in England and America.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerColoured shafts mapped the vault from horizon to zenith like the spokes of a prodigious wheel of fire.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe sun, a ball of fiery brass, burned directly in the zenith, so that the shadow of the foliage lay like a carpet about her feet.
Dope | Sax RohmerHow did it fare with the poor all over Europe in the centuries when Christianity was at the zenith of its power?
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for zenith
/ (ˈzɛnɪθ, US ˈziːnɪθ) /
astronomy the point on the celestial sphere vertically above an observer
the highest point; peak; acme: the zenith of someone's achievements
Origin of zenith
1- Compare nadir
Derived forms of zenith
- zenithal, adjective
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Scientific definitions for zenith
[ zē′nĭth ]
The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer (90 degrees above the celestial horizon). Compare nadir.
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