apogee Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a final climactic stage
    culmination.
    • their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
  2. noun apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth

WordNet

Ap"o*gee noun
Etymology
Gr. from the earth; from + , , earth: cf. F. apogée.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth. ✍ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the earth.
  2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.

Webster 1913