TOP

Definition of apogee noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    apogee

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈæpədʒi//
     
    [singular]
     
    jump to other results
  1. 1(formal) the highest point of something, where it is greatest or most successful a religious community that was at its apogee in the twelfth century
  2. 2(astronomy) the point in the orbit of the moon, a planet, or other object in space when it is furthest from the planet, for example the earth, around which it turns compare perigee
See apogee in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Check pronunciation: apogee

Nearby words