apogee
- Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth.Compare perigee.
- the highest or most distant point; climax.
Origin of apogee
Examples from the Web for apogee
Contemporary Examples of apogee
We missed the apogee of the hippie revolution becoming something more serious.
Winehouse laid down the track in her attic studio in 2009, at the apogee of her hard-partying ways.
It reaches its apogee in Bodrum, since nowhere in Turkey is the produce and seafood fresher or more abundant.
The apogee of all this dressing came on December 23, 1908, when he formed The Mark Twain Corporation.
Historical Examples of apogee
This was the climax of the prelate's favour, the apogee of his power.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
An irregularity in the motion of a planet by which it deviates from the aphelion or apogee.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
The apogee of the sun is synonymous with the aphelion of the earth.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
The second measures the distance of the sun from its apogee.
The acquisition of this soul marks the apogee of the greatness of a people.
apogee
- the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or an artificial satellite is at its greatest distance from the earthCompare perigee
- the highest point
Word Origin for apogee
Word Origin and History for apogee
"point at which the moon is farthest from the earth," 1590s, from French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion, neuter adjective, "away from the earth," a term from Ptolemaic astronomy, from apo "off, away" (see apo-) + gaia/ge "earth" (see Gaia). Adjective forms are apogeal, apogean.
apogee
- The point farthest from Earth's center in the orbit of the Moon or an artificial satellite.
- The point in an orbit that is most distant from the body being orbited. Compare aphelion perigee.