单词 | apogee |
释义 | apogee —apogeal, apogean, apogeic, adj. /ap"euh jee'/, n. 1. Astron. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Cf. perigee. 2. the highest or most distant point; climax. [1585-95; alter. (after F apogée) of earlier apogaeum < L < Gk apógaion (diástema) off-earth (distance), neut. of apógaios (adj.), equiv. to apo- APO- + gáïos of the earth, deriv. of gaîa, var. of gê the earth] |
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