Ăp'o·gēe, n.

n. [Fr. apogée, Lat. apogæus, Gr. ἀπόγαιος, from the earth, from ἀπό and γαῖα, γῆ, earth.] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

☞ Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which is at the greatest distance from the earth.