apogee vs minimum

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. 

minimum

noun
  • The smallest amount. 

  • He always tries to get away with doing the minimum. 

  • The lowest limit. 

  • A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). 

  • The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution. 

  • A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set. 

adj
  • To the lowest degree. 

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