apogeanadj.
/apəʊˈdʒiːən/ Astronomy.
1. Proceeding off from the earth or land.
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apogeana1644
ultramundane1656
extramundane1661
super-aerial1664
outworldish1674
unterrestrial1745
transmundane1777
extra-terrene1843
cosmical1849
extra-telluric1868
extra-terrestrial1868
exterrestrial1870
cosmic1876
extra-tellurian1881
supermundane1883
Uranian1908
contraterrene1946
space-borne1952
space-borne1967
spacy1967
a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Soliloquy ix. 48 Let not that rude, that Apogean storm Of flesh and blood dismay thee.
2. Of or relating to apogee.
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apogeal1754
apogean1812
apogaeic1839
1812 R. Woodhouse Elem. Treat. Astron. xxxiii. 313 The apogean and perigean lunar distances.
1877 G. F. Chambers Handbk. Descr. Astron. (ed. 3) ii. i. 173 The Moon being more or less in an apogean position.
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