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Zenith
//ˈzi.nɪθ// noun
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Noun
- 1 The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
"The 12 day wee had the wind high and large ſo that in two dayes ſaile we made the Sunne our Zenith or verticall point[…]"
- 2 the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected wordnet
- 3 The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
"[…] in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the zenith, the violence of the heat was too great to stir out […]"
- 4 Highest point or state; peak. broadly
"Winning the continental championship was the zenith of my career."
Etymology
From Middle English cenyth, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form سَمْت اَلرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation.
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