"apogee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæp.ə.d͡ʒi/ Audio: en-us-apogee.ogg [US] Forms: apogees [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|apogée}} Middle French apogée, {{uder|en|la|apogaeum}} Latin apogaeum, {{m|la|apogēum}} apogēum, {{uder|en|grc|ἀπόγειον||away from Earth}} Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), {{m|grc|ἀπό||away}} ἀπό (apó, “away”), {{m|grc|γῆ||Earth}} γῆ (gê, “Earth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} apogee (plural apogees)
  1. (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (a point in an orbit around the Earth): apogje (Albanian), ἀπόγειον (apógeion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), أَوْج (ʔawj) [masculine] (Arabic), երկրահեռ կետ (erkraheṙ ket) (Armenian), apogeu [masculine] (Catalan), 遠地點 (Chinese Mandarin), 远地点 (yuǎndìdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), apogeo (Esperanto), apogeum (Finnish), apogée [masculine] (French), apoxeo [masculine] (Galician), Apogäum [neuter] (German), απόγειο (apógeio) [neuter] (Greek), अपभू (apbhū) (Hindi), apaigí [masculine] (Irish), 遠地点 (enchiten) (alt: えんちてん) (Japanese), 원지점 (wonjijeom) (alt: 遠地點) (Korean), apogejs [masculine] (Latvian), apogi (Malay), افیجون (afijun) (Persian), آپوزم (âpozem) (Persian), اوج (owj) (Persian), apogeum [neuter] (Polish), apogeu [masculine] (Portuguese), apogeu [neuter] (Romanian), апоге́й (apogéj) [masculine] (Russian), apogeo [masculine] (Spanish), apogeum (Swedish), higlayo sa Duta (Tagalog), higlayo (Tagalog), apoheo (Tagalog), சேய்ப்புள்ளி (cēyppuḷḷi) (Tamil), апоге́й (apohéj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), điểm viễn địa (alt: 點遠地) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-apogee-en-noun-TemigSX~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 26 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 20 21 28 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'a point in an orbit around the Earth': 50 14 31 5
  2. (astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-apogee-en-noun-xZNvznNg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 26 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 20 21 28 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. (possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth. Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-apogee-en-noun-UAftX25b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 26 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 20 21 28
  4. (figuratively) The highest point. Tags: figuratively Synonyms (highest point or state): acme, culmination, pinnacle, zenith, climax
    Sense id: en-apogee-en-noun-Qm90OQaY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 26 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 30 20 21 28 Disambiguation of 'highest point or state': 11 11 11 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apogée Synonyms (point in an orbit): apocenter, apoapsis, apsis Derived forms: apogeal, apogeic Related terms: apoapsis [astronomy, natural-sciences]
Disambiguation of 'point in an orbit': 38 38 14 11

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: apogēe [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=apogēe}} apogēe
  1. vocative masculine singular of apogēus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: apogēus
    Sense id: en-apogee-la-adj-xqltgTpS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1979, Carl Deroux, editor, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History [Collection Latomus; 164], volume 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC, page 111",
          "text": "Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.",
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          "ref": "2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)",
          "text": "The apogee of Ming China […] came in the half century following his [the Hongwu Emperor's] death. Of this period, the initial two decades were dominated by his son, the Yongle emperor (1360–1424), who was a much more successful Oriental version of Richard III.",
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          "word": "acme"
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        {
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          "sense": "highest point or state",
          "word": "culmination"
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          "sense": "highest point or state",
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          "sense": "highest point or state",
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      "_dis1": "38 38 14 11",
      "sense": "point in an orbit",
      "word": "apocenter"
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      "_dis1": "38 38 14 11",
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"a point in an orbit\"",
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      "english": "from Ancient Greek",
      "sense": "(antonym(s) of \"highest point\"): nadir, perigee",
      "word": "perigee is the etymological antonym"
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
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          "ref": "1995, John H. Rogers, The Giant Planet Jupiter, Cambridge University Press, page 335",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Serge Brunier, Solar System Voyage, Cambridge University Press, page 36",
          "text": "The resolution of the images obtained by this American probe [Messenger] will depend on its altitude [above Mercury] at any one time: about ten meters at perigee (200km altitude), but only one 1 km at apogee (15000km).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Ruth WalkerMary M. Shaffreyet al., Exploring Space: The High Frontier, Jones & Bartlett Learning, page 129",
          "text": "[Nereid’s] apogee—farthest point from Neptune—is five times the distance of its perigee—its closest point.",
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        }
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "broadly"
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        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
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        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "possibly archaic outside astrology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth."
      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1979, Carl Deroux, editor, Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History [Collection Latomus; 164], volume 1, Brussels: Latomus, →OCLC, page 111",
          "text": "Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March 22, The New Yorker",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)",
          "text": "The apogee of Ming China […] came in the half century following his [the Hongwu Emperor's] death. Of this period, the initial two decades were dominated by his son, the Yongle emperor (1360–1424), who was a much more successful Oriental version of Richard III.",
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        "The highest point."
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        "(figuratively) The highest point."
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    {
      "sense": "point in an orbit",
      "word": "apocenter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "point in an orbit",
      "word": "apoapsis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "point in an orbit",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "highest point or state",
      "word": "acme"
    },
    {
      "sense": "highest point or state",
      "word": "culmination"
    },
    {
      "sense": "highest point or state",
      "word": "pinnacle"
    },
    {
      "sense": "highest point or state",
      "word": "zenith"
    },
    {
      "sense": "highest point or state",
      "word": "climax"
    },
    {
      "word": "apogée"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "apogje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔawj",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَوْج"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkraheṙ ket",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "երկրահեռ կետ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apogeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "遠地點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuǎndìdiǎn",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "远地点"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "apogeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "apogeum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apogée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apoxeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Apogäum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apógeio",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "απόγειο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apógeion",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἀπόγειον"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "apbhū",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "अपभू"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apaigí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんちてん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enchiten",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "遠地点"
    },
    {
      "alt": "遠地點",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonjijeom",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "원지점"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apogejs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "apogi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "afijun",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "افیجون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âpozem",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "آپوزم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "owj",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "اوج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "apogeum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apogeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "apogeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apogéj",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апоге́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apogeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "apogeum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "higlayo sa Duta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "higlayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "apoheo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cēyppuḷḷi",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "சேய்ப்புள்ளி"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "apohéj",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апоге́й"
    },
    {
      "alt": "點遠地",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a point in an orbit around the Earth",
      "word": "điểm viễn địa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apogee"
}

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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin adjective forms",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "apogēus"
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}

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