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Etymology
From Arab. as-samt "direction of heads", via misspelled Italian zenit instead of zemt.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'zen.iθ/

Noun
en-noun

1. 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.

1. Highest point or state; peak.

Synonyms
culmination

Antonyms
nadir

Translations
trans-top|point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer
Czech: t+|cs|nadhlavník|m
Finnish: t-|fi|zeniitti
French: zénith m
German: t-|de|Zenit|m
trans-mid
Italian: zenit m
Japanese: t|ja|天�|trtench�|scJpan
Polish: zenit m, apogeum n
Portuguese: zênite m
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trans-top|peak
Finnish: huippu, huipennus, huippukohta, kohokohta
French: zénith m
German: t-|de|Zenit|m
trans-mid
Italian: zenit m, culmine m, apice m
Japanese: t-|ja|��|trch�ten|scJpan, t|ja|絶�|trzecch�|scJpan
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ttbc|Bulgarian: зени� m
ttbc|Esperanto: zenito
ttbc|Interlingua: zenit
ttbc|Spanish: cenit m, zenit m, auge m

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• 2007-12-04 16:13 - Almit39 - it

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