[ 'apədʒi: ]
■ noun
1》 the culmination or climax of something.
2》 Astronomy the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. The opposite of perigee .
Origin
C16: from Fr. apogée or mod. L. apogaeum , from Gk apogaion (diastēma) , '(distance) away from earth'.