apogee vs crown

apogee

noun
  • The highest point. 

  • The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is farthest from the Earth. 

  • The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. 

  • The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. 

crown

noun
  • The highest part of an arch. 

  • A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses. 

  • Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona. 

  • A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings. 

  • The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet 

  • A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening 

  • The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. 

  • The highest part of a hill. 

  • Any reward of victory or mark of honor. 

  • A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat. 

  • The top section of a hat, above the brim. 

  • The state, the government (headed by a monarch). 

  • The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state. 

  • In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches. 

  • The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 

  • The top of a tree. 

  • The part of a tooth above the gums. 

  • A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. 

  • In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches. 

  • The dome of a furnace. 

  • The raised centre of a road. 

  • A prosthetic covering for a tooth. 

  • A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor. 

  • A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling 

  • Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it. 

  • The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters. 

  • The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating. 

  • The topmost part of the head. 

  • The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands. 

  • The part of a plant where the root and stem meet. 

  • During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina 

  • A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location 

  • A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown. 

  • A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 

  • Splendor; culmination; acme. 

adj
  • Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown. 

  • Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees. 

verb
  • In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king. 

  • To place a crown on the head of. 

  • To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley. 

  • To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. 

  • To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. 

  • To hit on the head. 

  • To widen the opening of the barrel. 

  • To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other. 

  • To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect. 

  • To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game. 

  • To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc. 

  • Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening. 

  • being about to take a poop (usually trying to hold it in, derived from obstetric use: metaphor of "giving birth" to solid poo) 

  • To declare (someone) a winner. 

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