apogee

• Substantiv, das den höchsten oder entferntesten Punkt bezeichnet, wörtlich den erdfernsten Punkt einer Umlaufbahn um die Erde, oder bildlich den Höhepunkt oder Gipfel eines Prozesses oder Zeitraums.

A noun referring to the highest or most distant point, either literally as the farthest point in an orbit around Earth, or figuratively as the climax or peak of a process or period.

1. Highest point or climaxC1formal

   The most successful, powerful, or important point in the development of something; a final climactic stage.

   Höhepunkt

   • The Roman Empire reached its apogee under the rule of Trajan.
   • Her career as a singer was at its apogee in the 1990s.
   • The novel is considered the apogee of 19th-century romantic literature.

   Synonymeacmeapexclimaxculminationheighthigh pointpeakpinnaclesummitzenith

   Antonymebottomlownadirperigee

2. Farthest point in orbitC1formalscientific

   The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is farthest from the Earth.

   Apogäum

   • The satellite will be at its apogee, making it the best time for observation.
   • The moon's apogee occurs when it is about 405,000 kilometers from Earth.
   • Engineers calculated the apogee of the spacecraft to ensure a stable orbit.

   Synonymeapoapsis

   Antonymeperigee