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zenith
/ˈzi.nɪθ/
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What does zenith mean?
noun
- The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
- The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
- Highest point or state; peak.
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IPA pronunciation
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A blue light appeared in the zenith, and in some indescribable manner flickered down near the top of the rod.
In fact the next night was full moon, and the princess would then be at the zenith of her loveliness.
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Law was now at the zenith of his prosperity, and the people were rapidly approaching the zenith of their infatuation.
It will be necessary, therefore, to wait for the moment when her passage in perigee shall coincide with that in the zenith.
A few stars, daintily piercing the pale blue of the zenith, and visible to reverie alone, formed imperceptible little splendors amid the immensity.