Zenith
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| - | [[Peter Gay]] places the [[zenith]] of [[British deism]] "from the end of the 1690s, when the vehement response to [[John Toland]]'s ''[[Christianity Not Mysterious]]'' (1696) started the deist debate, to the end of the 1740s when the tepid response to [[Conyers Middleton|Middleton's]] ''Free Inquiry'' signalized its close." | + | #Astronomy |
| + | #* The [[point]] in the [[celestial sphere]] opposite the [[nadir]]. | ||
| + | #* The point in the sky [[vertically]] above a given position or observer. | ||
| + | #* The highest point in the sky reached by a [[celestial]] body. | ||
| + | #* '''1719-''' [[Daniel Defoe]], ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' | ||
| + | #*: ...in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the '''zenith''', the violence of the heat was too great to stir out... | ||
| + | # Highest point or [[state]]; [[peak]]. | ||
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| + | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| + | * [[culmination]] | ||
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| + | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| + | * [[nadir]] | ||
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- The point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
- The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer.
- The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the zenith, the violence of the heat was too great to stir out...
- Highest point or state; peak.
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