zenith

English - Turkish

Definition of zenith in English Turkish dictionary: (Astronomi) başucu noktası; zirve; cennetin yukarı bölgesi; doruk; başucu; (Askeri) ZENİT; BAŞUCU: Gözetleyicinin bulunduğu yerin tam üstünde gök kubbesi üzerindeki nokta. (zenith), (nadir) 'in karşılığıdır; at its zenith zirvesinde; {i} (Gökbilim) başucu noktası; başuç; zenith telescope başucu teleskopu; zenith distance başucu uzaklığı; setürreis; zenit
zenith distance: başucu uzaklığı
zenith telescope: zenit teleskopu, başucu irakgörürü
zenith distance: (Astronomi) zenit uzaklığı
zenith light: (Sanat) tepe ışığı
zenith of fame: şöhret zirvesi
zenith of one's fame: şöhretinin zirvesi
zenith of the season: (Ticaret) tam mevsim
zenith telescope: (Astronomi) zenit teleskopu
zenith telescope: (Astronomi) başucu ırakgörürü
at its zenith: zirvesinde
at its zenith: doruğunda, zirvesinde
at the zenith of one's career: mesleğinin zirvesinde olmak

English - English

Definition of zenith in English English dictionary: 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.; The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir
In this 10th m. appeared that prodigious Comett the tayl whereof was like the blade of a double edged sword, and reached almost from the horizon to the zenith.; Highest point or state; peak; the culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness; {n} a point in the heavens directly overhead; hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity; the point of the celestial sphere directly overhead, 90 degrees above the horizon, for any point on the earth It is the point where a plumb line extended upward would intersect the celestial sphere; Opposite of nadir, the point directly above in the sky; The point on the celestial sphere that is directly overhead, i e the projection onto the celestial sphere of the local vertical; the point directly overhead; The zenith is the direction that is straight up When the Sun is in the zenith, then shadows are commonly the shortest; The observer's overhead point (altitude 90º) Zodiac A belt stretching round the sky, 8º to either side of the ecliptic, in which the Sun, Moon and principal planets are to be found at any time (Pluto is the only planet which can leave the Zodiac, though many asteroids do so ); n The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standing or a growing cabbage A man in bed or a cabbage in the pot is not considered as having a zenith, though from this view of the matter there was once a considerably dissent among the learned, some holding that the posture of the body was immaterial These were called Horizontalists, their opponents, Verticalists The Horizontalist heresy was finally extinguished by Xanobus, the philosopher-king of Abara, a zealous Verticalist Entering an assembly of philosophers who were debating the matter, he cast a severed human head at the feet of his opponents and asked them to determine its zenith, explaining that its body was hanging by the heels outside Observing that it was the head of their leader, the Horizontalists hastened to profess themselves converted to whatever opinion the Crown might be pleased to hold, and Horizontalism took its place among fides defuncti; The point in the sky directly above the observer The highest point; samt ar-ra's = [Arabic] way over your head The zenith is the direction that is straight up When the Sun is in the zenith, then shadows are commonly the shortest; The zenith is the point in the sky directly overhead from your location Directly opposite the zenith, below your feet, is the "nadir"; The point in the sky directly overhead; An imaginary point located directly overhead of the observer; Zenith is the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer; The tilt of the tape head in the direction perpendicular to the tape travel; The point in the sky directly above your head; The imaginary point directly above an observer on Earth (opposite of nadir) (Back To Top); A point directly overhead from an observer; {i} point in sky directly overhead; peak, highest point; climax; The point directly overhead in the sky; The zenith of something is the time when it is most successful or powerful. His career is now at its zenith = peak; astronomy; The point in the sky directly overhead the observer; This is the point in the sky directly above your head; The point directly above a given point on the Earth ie Go outside, look directly up, and you are looking at the zenith See also: horizon; The zenith is that point of the celestial sphere that is directly overhead from the observer For a transit or theodolite, it is the point directly above the vertical axis of the instrument (Compare to nadir ); That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; opposed to nadir; The Point directly overhead an observer and 90° above the horizon; The point which is elevated 90 degrees from all points on a given observer's astronomical horizon The point on any given observer's celestial sphere that lies directly above him The opposite of nadir; the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected; the point on the celestial sphere directly above the observer
zeniths: plural of zenith

zenith

Hyphenation

zen·ith

Turkish pronunciation

zinıth

Synonyms

acme, apogee, culmination, pinnacle, altitude, apex, cap, capper, capstone, climax, crest, crown, elevation, eminence, height

Antonyms

nadir, perigee, bottom

Pronunciation

/ˈzēnəᴛʜ/ /ˈziːnəθ/

Etymology

() From Middle English senith from cinit from Old French cenit and/or Latin cenit, a shoddy transliteration of Arabic سمت (samt, “direction, path”) which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سمت الرأس (samt ar-ra's, “direction of the head”).

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