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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Apogee

/ăp'-əj-ēˌ/ · Ap·o·gee · IPA /ˈæp.ə.d͡ʒi/
01 n. That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
  1. 1.
    That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.(Astron.)
  2. 2.
    Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.