apogee
a puh jee
- n a final climactic stage
- n apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
- Barbara Stanwyck came then suddenly to the apogee of Broadway nights.
- But the same year was the apogee of European nationalist uprisings in the 19th century.
- It all began over 50 years ago, with Zoo Quest, and reached its apogee in the 13-part BBC series Life on Earth, reckoned to have been watched by 500 million people.