apogee

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noun

1. a final climactic stage (Freq. 1)
- their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
• Syn:
culmination
• Derivationally related forms:
culminate (for: culmination)
• Hypernyms:
phase, stage
2. apoapsis in Earth orbit;
the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
• Ant:
perigee
• Derivationally related forms:
apogean
• Hypernyms:
apoapsis, point of apoapsis