zenith
IPA: zˈinʌθ
noun
- (astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
- (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
- (by extension) Highest point or state; peak.
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Examples of "zenith" in Sentences
- He is the zenith of an awesomeness parabola.
- His rule marked the zenith of the Hafsid kingdom.
- It was the zenith of the brotherhood relationship.
- The direction opposite of the nadir is the zenith.
- Arcturus is the zenith star of the Hawaiian Islands.
- The zenith of the academy was the years of 1616 1630.
- Therefore, it passes through the zenith and the nadir.
- Why isn't the map at the top not the map of the zenith
- Balta was the northernmost station of the zenith sector.
- By the middle of the 17th century the Carmelites had reached their zenith.