The launch of the satellite marked the apogee of the space program.
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Apogee
//ˈæp.ə.d͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "apogee" (147 found)
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38 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- apogje noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπόγειον noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Arabic
1 entries- أَوْج noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Armenian
1 entries- երկրահեռ կետ noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- apogey noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Bulgarian
1 entries- апогей noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Catalan
1 entries- apogeu noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 遠地點 /远地点 noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Esperanto
1 entries- apogeo noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Finnish
1 entries- apogeum noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
French
1 entries- apogée noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Galician
1 entries- apoxeo noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
German
1 entries- Apogäum noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Greek
1 entries- απόγειο noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Hindi
1 entries- अपभू noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Irish
1 entries- apaigí noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Italian
1 entries- apogeo noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Japanese
1 entries- 遠地点 noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Korean
1 entries- 원지점 noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Latvian
1 entries- apogejs noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Malay
1 entries- apogi noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Persian
3 entries- آپوزم noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
- افیجون noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
- اوج noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Polish
1 entries- apogeum noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Portuguese
1 entries- apogeu noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Romanian
1 entries- apogeu noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Russian
1 entries- апоге́й noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Spanish
1 entries- apogeo noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Swedish
1 entries- apogeum noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Tagalog
3 entries- apoheo noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
- higlayo noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
- higlayo sa Duta noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Tamil
1 entries- சேய்ப்புள்ளி noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Turkish
2 entries- evç noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
- yeröte noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Ukrainian
1 entries- апоге́й noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Vietnamese
1 entries- điểm viễn địa noun (a point in an orbit around the Earth)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The satellite is at its apogee.
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When a satellite is at its apogee, it is as far as it gets from Earth.
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Europa is at its apogee.
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