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(astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.

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zenith

Source Word

zenith

IPA(Pronunciation)

broadly

Japanese Meaning

天頂：天文学において、観測者の真上に位置する天空上の点（天球上で下側の点、すなわちナディールの反対に位置する点）を指す。

At midnight, the stars around the zenith shone with unusual clarity, free from the haze near the horizon.

真夜中、天頂付近の星々は地平線付近のかすみがなく、異常に澄んだ光を放っていた。

Sense（1）

Sense（2）

(astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.

[…] in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the zenith, the violence of the heat was too great to stir out […]

Sense（3）

(by extension) Highest point or state; peak.

Winning the continental championship was the zenith of my career.

zeniths

（ plural ）