apogée

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
2. isim The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite.

   “Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee.”

3. isim The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth.
4. isim The highest point.

   “The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them.”

5. isim Alternative spelling of apogee.

   “The diſtance of the Moon from her Apogée.”