Zenith

Definition: Zenith

Zenith

Noun

1. The point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "zenith" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Satire

Aerospace

Dream Interpretation

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Greatness

Adjective: great; greater; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge; (large in size); Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant; (enough) full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith.

Repute

Eminent, prominent; high; in the zenith; at the head of, at the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.; superior; supereminent, preeminent.

Summit

Noun: summit, summity; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole.

Crosswords: Zenith

Zenith (2001)

The Elastic Zenith (1996)

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References

• Zenith Concessions Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Zenith National Insurance Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Nippon Zenith Pipe Co., Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Abyss to Zenith -- Up From Insanity: One Man's Triumph Over Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (reference)

• Louis the 14th and the Zenith of the French Monarchy (reference)

• Mimmo Paladino: Zenith (reference)

• Servicing Zenith Televisions (reference)

• The Zenith of an Empire: The Glory of the Suleiman the Magnificent and the Law Giver (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Elastic Zenith (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Earl Scheelar's Zenith Jazz Band (reference)

• Live Au Zenith [Paris] [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Zenith ZLD15A1B 15.1" LCD Flat Panel HDTV Monitor/TV (reference)

• Zenith Z358 Aromatherapy Clock Radio (reference)

• Zenith B27A74R 27" Traditional Console TV (reference)

• Zenith B27A76R 27" Contemporary Console Television (reference)

• Zenith XBV243 Dual Deck DVD/VCR Combo (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Zenith telescope at the Ukiah Latitude Observatory Showing latitude levels Part of international effort to observe small changes in latitude. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Zenith monoplane "Albatross" with engineers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Str. Zenith City. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Zenith Prothero weeds her tomato plants at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm workers community. Yuba City, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

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An unvaried pall of cloud muffled the whole expanse of sky from zenith to horizon.

Not a cloud was in the zenith.

At the willow he knew there would be shade, at least one hard bar of absolute shade thrown by the trunk, since the sun had passed its zenith.

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Business

The top five players in the market are HCL, Compaq, HP, Zenith, and Wipro. (references)

In 1986, HCL, DCM DP and Zenith accounted for 87 percent of the total PC market share. (references)

Among the other Indian players, HCL is still the market leader, followed by Wipro and Zenith. (references)

Economic History

United Kingdom

Peace in Europe allowed the British to focus their interests on more remote parts of the world, and, during this period, the British Empire reached its zenith. (references)

Estonia

In the hope that protracted resistance would encourage Allied intervention for the restoration of Estonian independence, the movement reached its zenith in 1946-48 with an estimated 5,000-30,000 followers and held effective military control in some rural areas. (references)

Armenia

Armenia first emerged into history around 800 BC as part of the Kingdom of Urartu or Van, which flourished in the Caucasus and eastern Asia Minor until 600. After the destruction of the Seleucid Empire, the first Armenian state was founded in 190 BC. At its zenith, from 95 to 65 BC, Armenia extended its rule over the entire Caucasus and the area that is now eastern Turkey, Syria and Lebanon. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

Zenith International Bank Limited. (references)

Argentina

Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "zenith": at the zenith of one's career ♦ be at the zenith ♦ in the zenith ♦ zenith distance ♦ zenith sector ♦ zenith telescope. Additional references.

Beginning with "zenith": zenith-distance, zenith-transits.

Ending with "zenith": Sea-zenith.

Albanian

zenit (noon, topgallant, vertex), kulm (acme, apex, bloom, climax, crescendo, crisis, crown, culmination, dead, extremity, flower, heat, height, heyday, meridian, nab, payoff, peak, pink, pinnacle, prime, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, vertex), apogje (apex, apogee). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قمة (acme, apex, climax, cop, crest, crown, head, height, heyday, high, meridian, peak, pinnacle, prime, summit, tip, tiptop, top, vertex), ‏سمة (brand, sign, stamp, trait, type, visa), ‏ذروة (acme, cap, climax, crown, heyday, paroxysm, pinnacle, roof, summit, top, vertex), ‏أوج (acme, apex, climax, culmination, noontide, pinnacle, pitch, ridge, summit, top). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разцвет (bloom, blow, florescence, flourishing, flowering, heyday, meridian, noon, pride, prime, springtime, summer), кулминационна точка (acme, climax, culmination, height, high water mark, noon, peak, pinnacle), връхна точка (acme, apex, climax, highlight, peak, pinnacle, pride, sum, tiptop, ultimate), зенит (culmination, meridian, vertex), апогей (acme, apogee, crest, culmination, height, heyday, high tide, meridian, pinnacle, pride, summit). (various references)

Chinese 

天顶. (various references)

Czech

zenit, vyvrcholení (culmination, summit), vrchol (acme, apex, brow, cusp, height, heyday, peak, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex), nadhlavník. (various references)

Danish

zenitlod (zenith plummet). (various references)

Dutch

zenit, hoogtepunt (acme). (various references)

Esperanto

zenito. (various references)

Farsi 

قله (Acme, Climax, Crest, Culmination, Knoll, Pap, Peak, Point, Summit, Top, Vertex), اوج (Acme, Apogee, Climax, Crescendo, Culmination, Meridian, Noontide, Pinnacle, Pitch, Summit, Tiptop, Top), بالاترین نقطه اسمان . (various references)

Finnish

taivaannapa (celestial pole), keskitaivas. (various references)

French

zénith, parvenir au zénith, faîte, apogée. (various references)

German

Zenit, Scheitelpunkt (apex, crest, cusp). (various references)

Greek 

κατακόρυφο (verticalness), ζενίθ, απόγειο (apogee). (various references)

Hebrew 

שיא (acme, apex, climax, height, high, highlight, maximum, peak, pinnacle, summit, top), קו �"צ�"רים (meridian), פס�'�" (apex, climax, culmination, head, peak, summit, top), צו�"ר (aperture, brightness, hatch, louver, porthole, skylight, window). (various references)

Hungarian

zenit (vertex, vertices), csúcspont (acme, apex, apices, head, height, heyday, pitch, summit). (various references)

Indonesian

puncak (apex, capstone, crest, culmination, cusp, high, mount, peak, pitch, top). (various references)

Irish

buaic. (various references)

Italian

zenit. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

極 (climax, culmination, extreme, extremity, height, nadir, pole, quite, very), 天� �点 , 天� � (vertex), 天心 (divine will, providence), 中天 (mid-air, mid-heaven). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょく (affair, big frame, channel, climax, culmination, department, extreme, extremity, height, nadir, piece of music, pole, situation, tune), て�"し�" (cakes, changing course or direction, Chinese dessert, divine will, naivete, providence, refreshment, shifting position, Tientsin, turnover, Zen monk's snack), て�"ちょうて�", て�"ちょう (changing key, emperor's knowledge, imperial court, modulation, shop manager, vertex), ちゅうて�" (median point, mid-air, middle point, mid-heaven, rising into the heavens). (various references)

Manx

eer-vullagh (pinnacle, very top), ard-niau. (various references)

Pig Latin

enithzay

Portuguese

zênite (vertex). (various references)

Romanian

zenit (acme, climax, vertex), culme (acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, height, heyday, it, noon, noonday, noontide, paroxysm, peak, perfection, perisher, ridge, summit, top, vertex), apogeu (acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, height, heyday, high water mark, it, noon, noonday, noontide, summit), amiazã (midday, noon, noonday, noontide, noontime). (various references)

Russian 

зенит (apex, heyday, meridian, noon, noontime, topgallant, vertex). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zenit (heyday), vrhunac (acme, climax, heyday, highlight, peak, pinnacle, roof, tiptop, top, vertex). (various references)

Spanish

cenit. (various references)

Swedish

zenit. (various references)

Turkish

zirve (acme, apex, apogee, cap, climax, crown, culmination, cusp, head, height, high, high tide, meridian, payoff, peak, Pike, pink, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex), doruk (acme, apex, apical, apogee, climax, crest, culmination, cusp, height, heyday, high tide, meridian, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, top, vertex), başucu (bedside, vertex). (various references)

Ukrainian

розквіт (blossom, blow, blowing, efflorescence, florescence, heyday, noon, noonday, noontide, pride, prime, well being), зеніт (apex, culmination, heyday, meridian, noon, noonday, summit, vertex). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tột đỉnh (acme, peak, perfection), cực điểm (culmination, paroxysm, paroxysmal, utmost, uttermost). (various references)

Welsh

uchafbwynt (climax), entrych (firmament, height), anterth (height, meridian, prime). (various references)

an-pa. (various references)

cacumen, cacumina, cacumine, cacuminibus, consummatio, consummatione, consummationem, consummationi, consummationis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "zenith": zenithal, zeniths. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Zenith" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enith, gesith, peneth, rennith, zeit, zeneth, zeni, zenish, zenit, zenity, zeniyh, zent, zentih, znit. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: thein, thine.

-2 letters: hent, hint, nite, then, thin, tine, zein.

-3 letters: eth, hen, het, hie, hin, hit, net, nit, nth, ten, the, tie, tin, zin, zit.

-4 letters: eh, en, et, he, hi, in, it, ne, ti.

+1 letter: zeniths, zithern.

+2 letters: chintzes, thiazine, zenithal, zitherns.

+3 letters: chintzier, euthanize, hoatzines, hypnotize, schnitzel, thiazines.

+4 letters: chintziest, etherizing, ethicizing, euthanized, euthanizes, heathenize, hepatizing, hoactzines, hypnotized, hypnotizes, schnitzels, synthesize, theorizing, trichinize.

+5 letters: anesthetize, anthologize, catechizing, citizenship, empathizing, euthanatize, euthanizing, ghettoizing, heathenized, heathenizes, methodizing, photoionize, rehypnotize, synthesized, synthesizer, synthesizes, trichinized, trichinizes, zootechnics.