apogeu

Borrowed from Latin apogaeum, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόγειον (ăpógeion).

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧geu

apogeu m (plural apogeus)

1. (astronomy) apogee (the point on the Moon's orbit, on the orbit of an artificial satellite or on the Sun's orbit in apparent annual motion, which is furthest from the Earth)
2. (figuratively) peak; maximum moment; culmination

For quotations using this term, see Citations:apogeu.

• “apogeu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “apogeu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French apogée.

apogeu n (plural apogee)

1. apogee