- Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a
nonagesimal. - The middle or highest point of the part of the
ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the
ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it
is intersected by the horizon.
- Greatest - Highest point - Upper limit - Utmost - The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case;
or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and
then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to
minimum. - Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or
attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum
heat.
- A conclusion - Great circle of earth - Highest point - Line of longitude - Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or
passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal
course. - Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as,
meridian splendor. - Midday; noon.
- Acme - Height - Highest point - It’s all downhill from here - Nice plan to reconstruct summit - Top crest - An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in
a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a
proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like.
Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is
necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
- Final climactic stage - Highest point - Most distant point - Most distant point in an orbit - Most distant points of orbit - The highest point in the orbit of a satellite - That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the
greatest distance from the earth.
- Culminating point - Highest point - Pinnacle - 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.