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How to pronounce apogee in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms culmination
Type of phase, stage
Type Words
Type of apoapsis, point of apoapsis
Derivation apogean

Examples of apogee

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I was a student in a class on philosophic reasoning when Rand was at her apogee.
From the economist.com
That moment probably marked the apogee of social intimacy with political power.
From the washingtonpost.com
In a film still, though, an actor can remain forever at the apogee of his appeal.
From the time.com
Mozart's last symphony, No 41, is the apogee of classical music and we know it.
From the theargus.co.uk
As important, an Olympic gold is to a wrestler the apogee of sporting achievement.
From the economist.com
Labour reached their apogee around 1950, it's been a slow decline ever since.
From the guardian.co.uk
It once represented the apogee of American scientific and technological achievement.
From the sacbee.com
The minister-favourite as a political type reached its apogee between 1550 and 1675.
From the economist.com
The plane of the figure is the longitudinal plane of apogee rotating with the Earth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • A final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
  • Apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
  • An apsis (Greek: u1F01u03C8u03AFu03C2; plural apsides /u02C8u00E6psu1D7Bdiu02D0z/, Greek: u1F01u03C8u03AFu03B4u03B5u03C2) is an extreme point in an object's orbit. The word comes via Latin from Greek and is cognate with apse...
  • Apogee is the second full-length album by stoner metal band Bongzilla. The album was released in May 2000 by Ritual Records, and re-released in 2004 by Relapse Records. It contains three songs recorded in the studio and four recorded at a live concert.
  • APOGEE is one of the most prestigious college technical festivals, conducted annually by the students of Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India. Organised during the month of March, the college swarms with more than 1000 participants during the festival. ...
  • The following is a list of fictional characters from the 2004 Pixar animated film The Incredibles and related media.
  • The highest point of a rocket's flight path. (More literally, the point farthest on the flight path from Earth.)
  • Maximal distance between the Earth and the Sun during its elliptical orbit around the Sun.
  • The farthest point from Earth of any object orbiting Earth. The word apoapsis is used for objects orbiting other planets.