APOGEE

noun Etymology: French apogée, from New Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion, from neuter of apogeios, apogaios far from the earth, from apo- + gē, gaia earth Date: 1594 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, the farthest or highest point ; culmination , apogean adjective