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apogee
[ ap-uh-jee ]
noun
- 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.
apogee
/ ˈæpəˌdʒiː /
noun
- the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or an artificial satellite is at its greatest distance from the earth Compare perigee
- the highest point
apogee
/ ăp′ə-jē /
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˌapoˈgean, adjective
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Other Words From
- apo·geal apo·gean apo·geic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apogee1
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Example Sentences
Along with Galileo, it represents Brecht at his epic 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.
When the apogee of society is reached, attacks from pygmies seem more curious than offensive.
Hatfield village touches the extremity of wretchedness, just as Hatfield House marks the apogee of late feudal splendour.
The apogee of the Company had been reached: from this time its downfall was rapid.
The first renaissance obtained its apogee toward the year 1500.
This incident of the fan marked the apogee of the first stage of Nort's career in the office of the Star.
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