apogée

plural apogées

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of apogee.

   The diſtance of the Moon from her Apogée.

   1781 August [1780 May 17], [Jean Henri] Van Swinden, “Art[icle] III. Extract of a Letter to Father Cotte, Priest of the Oratory, Curate of Montmorenci, and Correspondent Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, concerning a curious Astronomical Machine, &c. &.c”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal: […], volume LXV, London: […] R[alph] Griffiths: And Sold by T[homas] Becket, […], page 152

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   The apogée of economic liberalism, 1870–1914

   1989, Peter Mathias, Sidney Pollard, editors, The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, volume VIII (The Industrial Economies: The Development of Economic and Social Policies), Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page viii

   The arch was erected under Septimius Severus (r 193–211), more or less the apogée of Palmyra’s prosperity when extensive civic improvements were undertaken in the city.

   1992, Ross Burns, Monuments of Syria: An Historical Guide, London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, →ISBN, page 164, column 2

   Built to function as a light, a chapel and a royal residence, the tower stood for many years as the apogée of lighthouse development.

   2001, Samuel Willard Crompton, Michael J. Rhein, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses: History, Legend, Lore, Design, Technology, Romance, San Diego, Calif.: Thunder Bay Press, →ISBN, page 12, column 1

   It seems appropriate to refer to the work of Ptolemy in astronomy (his period of most intense work in Alexandria took place between a.d. 127 and 141) as marking the apogée of the science.

   2002, Charles Freeman, The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 2003, →ISBN, page 66

   The monumental structures rebuilt in Indian cities by Mughal rulers became the most important examples of the synthesis between Turkish, Mongol, and Iranian legacies on the lands of Indian civilization under the umbrella of Islamic civilization. The apogée of this great synthesis is the Taj Mahal, its unique genius contained within its own esthetic structure, constructed in Agra during the reign of Shah Jahan.

   2022, Ahmet Davutoğlu, translated by Andrew Boord, “Pivot cities founded by a civilization: The rise of cities as political centers after the formation of a civilizational paradigm”, in Pivot Cities in the Rise and Fall of Civilizations (Innovations in International Affairs), Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, part II (The role of pivot cities in the history of civilizations)