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Apogee

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Noun

1. apogee, culmination

a final climactic stage

Example Sentences:
'their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development'

2. apogee

apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Apogee

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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

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Apogee

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noun
1. 
the point farthest from the earth in the orbit of the moon or of a man-made satellite
see also perigee
2. 
the highest or farthest point

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Apogee

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n.
1.
a. Astronomy The point in an orbit around the planet Earth where the orbiting body is farthest from the planet.
b. The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
2. The farthest or highest point; the apex:"The golden age of American sail, which began with the fast clipper ships in 1848, reached its apogee in the Gold Rush years"(Los Angeles Times).

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