Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. · The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. · The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth. · The highest point.
From Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
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