APOGEE


Meaning of APOGEE in English

[ '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'.

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