noun [sing.]
1 (formal) the highest point of sth, where it is greatest or most successful:
a religious community that was as its apogee in the twelfth century
2 (astronomy) the point in the ORBIT of the moon, a planet or other object in space when it is furthest from the earth
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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