ZENITH
\zˈɛnɪθ], \zˈɛnɪθ], \z_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_θ]\
Definitions of ZENITH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
By Princeton University
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the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; - opposed to nadir.
By Oddity Software
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That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; - opposed to nadir.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The point in the celestial sphere that is exactly overhead.
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The culminating-point, as of prosperity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] The vertical point or highest point in the heavens the upper pole of the celestial horizon-opposite to the nadir or lower pole; that point in the sky which is directly over-head of the spectator, and which would be indicated by a plumb-line hanging freely and at rest;-hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; greatest height; the height of sucess or prosperity.
