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apogee

[ ap-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Compare perigee.
  2. the highest or most distant point; climax.


apogee

/ ˈæ±èəˌ»åÏô¾±Ë /

noun

  1. the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or an artificial satellite is at its greatest distance from the earth Compare perigee
  2. the highest point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

apogee

/ ă±è′ə-Âáŧ /

  1. The point farthest from Earth's center in the orbit of the Moon or an artificial satellite.
  2. The point in an orbit that is most distant from the body being orbited.
  3. Compare aphelion

apogee

  1. In astronomy , the point during the orbit of a satellite , such as the moon , at which it is farthest from the body being orbited. For planets in the solar system orbiting the sun , their farthest point from the sun is referred to as aphelion .
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ²¹±è´Çˈ²µ±ð²¹²Ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹±èo·²µ±ða±ô ²¹±èo·²µ±ða²Ô ²¹±èo·²µ±ði³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of apogee1

1585–95; alteration (after French ²¹±è´Ç²µÃ©±ð ) of earlier apogaeum < Latin < Greek ²¹±èó²µ²¹¾±´Ç²Ô ( »å¾±Ã¡²õ³Ù±ð³¾²¹ ) off-earth (distance), neuter of ²¹±èó²µ²¹¾±´Ç²õ (adj.), equivalent to apo- apo- + ²µÃ¡Ã¯´Ç²õ of the earth, derivative of ²µ²¹Ã®²¹, variant of ²µÃª the earth
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of apogee1

C17: from New Latin apogaeum (influenced by French ²¹±è´Ç²µÃ©±ð ), from Greek apogaion, from apogaios away from the earth, from apo- + gaia earth
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But over the years, occasional and fitful progress was halted by bouts of bloodletting that reached a brutal apogee a generation later, when Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis on Oct.

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The Moon's furthest point from the Earth is known as apogee.

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Wade may have been the culmination of the anti-abortion movement, but may also mark its apogee.

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The Moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical which means there are times when it is further away - apogee - and times when it is closer - perigee.

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