Origin: 1500-1600 French apogée, from Modern Latin apogaeum, from Greek, from apogaios far from the earth, from apo- ( ➔ APOCALYPSE) + ge earth
1 formal the most successful part of somethingSYN apex: apogee of the apogee of her political career2science, physics the point where the Moon, a satellite, or other object that is traveling in a curved path through space around the Earth is farthest from the EarthOPP perigee