[apo.gee] n [F apogee, fr. NL apogaeum, fr. Gk apogaion, fr. neut. of apogeios, apogaios far from the earth, fr. apo- + ge, gaia earth] (1594) 1: the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth; also: the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it--compare perigee
2: the farthest or highest point: culmination "Aegean civilization reached its ~ in Crete" -- apo.ge.an adj