Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Apogee \Ap"o*gee\, n. [Gr. ? from the earth; ? from + ?, ?,
earth: cf. F. apog['e]e.]
1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at
the greatest distance from the earth.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the
center of the system, this name was given to that point
in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was
supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apogee
n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a
culmination of centuries of development" [syn: {apogee},
{culmination}]
2: apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a
satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth [ant:
{perigee}]
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