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noun a final climactic stage
noun apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth
originFrom Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”).
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