Zenith
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.
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Zenith Quotations
American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
Conrad Hall
For in the works of Robert Burns we see the whole cosmos of man's experience and emotion, from zenith to nadir, from birth until death.
Len G. Murray
Zenith Translations
zenith in Dutch is hoogtepunt, zenit
zenith in German is Scheitelpunkt
zenith in Italian is vertice
zenith in Swedish is zenit
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