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Definition of Apogean
1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee. "Apogean tides occur when the moon is at the apogee of its orbit"
Definition of Apogean
1. a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
Definition of Apogean
1. Adjective. Connected with the apogee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apogean
1. apogee [adj] - See also: apogee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apogean
Literary usage of Apogean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Now the lagging apogean tides give rise to au accelerating force on the ...
tides give rise to a retarding force, and decrease the apogean distance. ..."
2. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"... spring and neap tides would be the same in all harbours, however much the
springs may differ in different harbours. I compared Bernoulli's apogean and ..."
3. A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1877)
"The apogean diameter of the Moon = 29' 22". /. A = 33 35-29 22= 3 13. This then
is theoretically the arc which has to be described by the Moon during the ..."
4. Descriptive Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1867)
"The apogean diameter of the Moon ... diameter of the Sun over the apogean diameter
of the Moon ( = 3' 13") is greater than the excess of the ..."
5. A Treatise on Astronomy, Theoretical and Practical by Robert Woodhouse (1823)
"... its apogean, but the parallaxes which are the greatest and least in one
revolution, remain not of the same value, during successive revolutions : they ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1806)
"The determination of the apogean diameter is an operation of the greatest nicety
and importance; and if Dr. H. will consult foreign works, he will find that ..."
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