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apogee in Chinese

apogee in Chinese is 远地点 — apogee means the point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.

apogee in Chinese

远地点
noun
Pronounced: yuǎn dì diǎn
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.

What does "apogee" mean?

  1. noun The point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.
  2. noun The farthest point from a planet reached by something orbiting it.
  3. noun The point on the path of an object moving through space where it is furthest from the Earth.
  4. noun The highest point reached by something.
    "The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them."
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apogee in a sentence

  • The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them.

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What is "apogee" in Chinese?
"apogee" in Chinese is 远地点. apogee means: The point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.
How do you pronounce 远地点?
"apogee" in Chinese is 远地点, pronounced "yuǎn dì diǎn".
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