apogee : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: apogee	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apogee n a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" Synonym(s): apogee, culmination apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth Antonym(s): perigee
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apogee \Ap"o*gee\, n. [Gr. [?] from the earth; [?] from + [?], [?], earth: cf. F. apog[82]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.