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ˈapədʒiː/
n.
- the culmination or climax of something.
- Astronomy the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. The opposite of perigee.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. apogée or mod. L. apogaeum, from Gk apogaion (diastēma), ‘(distance) away from earth’.
