apogee

 
Pronunciation: /ˈapədʒiː/

noun

  • 1the highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination: a film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema
  • 2 Astronomy the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. The opposite of perigee

Origin:

late 16th century: from French apogée or modern Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion (diastēma), '(distance) away from earth', from apo 'from' + gaia, gē 'earth'