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ap⋅o⋅gee

  [ap-uh-jee]
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–noun
1. Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Compare perigee.
2. the highest or most distant point; climax.
Origin:
1585–95; alter. (after F apogée) of earlier apogaeum < L < Gk apógaion (diástema) off-earth (distance), neut. of apógaios (adj.), equiv. to apo- apo- + gáïos of the earth, deriv. of gaîa, var. of gê the earth

Related forms:
ap⋅o⋅ge⋅al, ap⋅o⋅ge⋅an, ap⋅o⋅ge⋅ic, adjective
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n.  
    1. The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite most distant from the center of the earth.
    2. The point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited.
  2. The farthest or highest point; the apex: "The golden age of American sail, which began with the fast clipper ships in 1848, reached its apogee in the Gold Rush years" (Los Angeles Times).

[French apogée, from New Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion, from neuter of apogaios, far from the earth : apo-, apo- + gaia, earth.]
ap'o·ge'an (-jē'ən) adj.
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Apogee

Ap"o*gee\, n. [Gr. ? from the earth; ? from + ?, ?, earth: cf. F. apog['e]e.]

1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

Note: Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.

2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
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apogee [(ap-uh-jee)]

In astronomy, the point during the orbit of a satellite, such as the moon, at which it is farthest from the body being orbited. For planets in the solar system orbiting the sun, their farthest point from the sun is referred to as aphelion.

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apogee 
"point at which the moon is farthest from the earth, 1594, from Fr. apogée, from L. apogæum, from Gk. apogaion, neut. adj., "away from the earth," a term from Ptolemaic astronomy, from apo "off, away" (see apo-) + gaia/ge "earth."
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apogee   (āp'ə-jē)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The point farthest from Earth's center in the orbit of the Moon or an artificial satellite.
  2. The point in an orbit that is most distant from the body being orbited. Compare aphelion, perigee.

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