Definition of Apogie
Ap"o*gee (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; from the earth;
&?; from + &?;, &?;, earth: cf. F. apogée.]
1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the
moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
&fist; 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.
2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point;
culmination.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- That point in the orbit of the moon or any satellite which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
- The highest point.
quotations:
*"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." — The New Yorker, March 22, 2004
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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