Ap"o*gee (?), n. [Gr. ? from the earth;
? from + ?, ?, earth: cf. F. apogée.]
1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the
moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
☞ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of
the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or
of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the
earth.
2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point;
culmination.