zenith
zenith
Definition
ze·nith (zē′nit̸h; Brit, & often Cdn, zen′it̸h)
noun
- the point directly overhead in the sky or on the celestial sphere
- the highest point; peak
Etymology: ME senyth < MFr cenith < ML cenit < senit, scribal error for Ar samt, road, path (as in samt al-raʾs, zenith, lit., way of the head) < L semita, path, way
zenith
Synonyms
zenith
n.
Antonyms
zenith
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- achievement: His Catholic boss Gerry has never managed this zenith of achievement.
- power: The date marks the zenith of the power of the Seven Trades.
- success: The Conservative Party and Margaret Thatcher appeared to be at a zenith of success and power, yet he despaired of our future.
Converse of object
- reach: Most men are reaching the zenith of their career in their fifties yet rarely have time to keep their bodies in shape.
- represent: An angle of 0 degrees describes the point below us while an angle of 180 degrees represents the zenith.
- mark: The date marks the zenith of the power of the Seven Trades.
- pass: Then after passing zenith, they made an astounding maneuver.
- cross: In actuality each one is a curved meridian running from pole to pole, crossing the zenith or overhead position of its planet.
- call: In this position the instrument is pointing straight upwards to a point called the zenith.
Adjective modifier
- very: Cozy little hideout at the very zenith of the Cul de Sac building.
- absolute: At the absolute zenith of the importance of art to the cultural and public life of the country he was its leading representative.
- cultural: Its cultural zenith has to be ancient Olympia, situated within the Peloponnese's north western Messinia region.
Modifies a noun
- angle: To an observer at O, the zenith angle of object S appears to be z ' .
- distance: All specifications in terms of seeing apply to the seeing at the zenith distance of the object.
- telescope: Telescope: first person in England to observe stars in daylight using a zenith telescope.
- sector: He erected a 24-foot zenith sector at his house, Kew House, Kew Green in 1725.
- passage: Exactly 60 days after the Spring Equinox, on May 20, the zenith passage of the sun takes place over Chichen Itza.
- point: The time of Zuhr, the midday prayer, begins after the sun has crossed the zenith point and has begun to decline.
Preposition: in
