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The zenith
Zenith

In broad terms, the zenith is the direction pointing directly above a particular location . Since the concept of being above is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the zenith in more rigorous terms....
 is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer. (opposite: nadir
Nadir

The nadir is the direction pointing directly below a particular location . Since the concept of being below is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the nadir in more rigorous terms....
). In general, zenith may mean "highest point", used in sentences like Mount Everest is the zenith of the world.

Zenith may also mean:








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The zenith
Zenith

In broad terms, the zenith is the direction pointing directly above a particular location . Since the concept of being above is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the zenith in more rigorous terms....
 is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer. (opposite: nadir
Nadir

The nadir is the direction pointing directly below a particular location . Since the concept of being below is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the nadir in more rigorous terms....
). In general, zenith may mean "highest point", used in sentences like Mount Everest is the zenith of the world.

Zenith may also mean:

Aviation


  • Zenith, a Montgolfier balloon flown to a record altitude of over 8,000 meters in 1875; see timeline of aviation—19th century (1870s)
    Timeline of aviation - 19th century

    1800sFile:Aeronautics2.jpg*1803**July 18, Etienne Gaspar Robertson and Lhoest climb from Hamburg up to 7,280 m in a balloon.**October 3-4, Frenchman Andr?-Jaques Garnerin covered a distance of 395 km from Paris to Clausen with his Montgolfi?re....
  • Zenith Aircraft Company
    Zenith Aircraft Company

    Zenith Aircraft Company is in the exclusive business of designing, developing and manufacturing homebuilt aircraft. The independent, privately-owned company was formed in 1992 in Mexico, Missouri, centrally located in the United States, and is based in 20,000+ sq.ft....
    , a manufacturer of light aircraft


Business


  • Zenith Bank
    Zenith Bank

    Zenith Bank Plc. is a Nigerian bank based in Victoria Island , Lagos. As of November 2007, it is the largest company in the country and in all of West Africa, with total assets of ?1.27 trillion ....
    , a Nigerian bank
  • Zenit (camera)
    Zenit (camera)

    Zenit is a Russian camera brand manufactured by Krasnogorskiy Zavod near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit trademark is associated with 35mm Single-lens reflex camera cameras....
    , a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ (spelled as Zenith in some English-language literature)
  • Zenith Carburetters
    Zenith Carburetters

    Zenith Carburetters was a British company making carburetor. In 1955 they joined with their major pre-war rival Solex Carburettors and over time the Zenith brand name fell into disuse....
  • Zenith, a brand of computers
  • Zenith Data Systems
    Zenith Data Systems

    Zenith Data Systems was a division of Zenith Electronics Corporation founded in 1979 after Zenith acquired Heathkit, who had, at that time, recently entered the personal computer market....
  • Zenith Electronics Corporation, a television manufacturer
  • Zenith Fund Management, a Fund Management company based in Guernsey
  • Zenith Motorcycles
    Zenith Motorcycles

    Zenith Motorcycles was a United Kingdom motorcycle manufacturer established in Finsbury Park, London in 1904. Zenith motorcycles used engines from various suppliers, including Beardmore Precision Motorcycles, Villiers and JAP....
    , a now defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
  • Zenith (watchmaker)
    Zenith (watchmaker)

    Zenith SA is a Swiss watch manufacture d'horlogerie started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuch?tel....
    , a Swiss watchmaker


Entertainment


  • Le Zénith, a famous concert hall in Paris
  • Zenith Brass Ensemble
    Zenith Brass Ensemble

    The Zenith Brass Ensemble is a group of 35 talented youth brass and percussion players formed in 1995. Drawing on the brass choir literature for college and professional organizations, the repertoire is fresh and exciting....
    , a youth brass choir in Michigan, USA
  • Zenith (magazine) (later Speculation (magazine) was a Hugo Award-nominated science fiction fanzine edited by Peter Weston


Fiction


  • Monsieur Zenith
    Monsieur Zenith

    Monsieur Zenith the Albino is an ambiguous villain created by writer Anthony Skene for the Sexton Blake series of detective pulp magazine.Zenith is a world-weary albino master thief, originally Romanian royalty but in exile for undetermined reasons....
     the Albino is an ambiguous villain created by writer Anthony Skene for the Sexton Blake series of detective pulp fiction.
  • Zenith (comics)
    Zenith (comics)

    Zenith is a United Kingdom superhero, who appeared in the science fiction comic 2000 AD . Created by writer Grant Morrison and artists Steve Yeowell and designed by Brendan McCarthy, he first appeared in 2000 AD #536 ....
    , a superhero comic series written by Grant Morrison that first appeared in 2000 AD
  • Zenith (DC Comics) has also existed as a fictional city in the DC Universe
    DC Universe

    The DC Universe is the shared universe where most of the comic book stories published by DC Comics take place. The fictional characters Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are well-known superheroes from this universe....
     since 1947.
  • Zenith is a fictional city in Winnemac (fictional state)
    Winnemac (fictional state)

    Winnemac is a fictional state in the United States invented by the writer Sinclair Lewis. His novel Babbitt takes place in Zenith, its largest city Winnemac is also the setting for Gideon Planish, Arrowsmith , ''Elmer Gantry, and Dodsworth....
    , from the novels Babbitt, Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry novels by Sinclair Lewis.
  • Zenithia, or Zenith, a sky castle from the Dragon Quest video game series.
  • The Zenith Carrier Zord is a fictional machine in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
  • Zenith is a book written by Julie Bertagna
    Julie Bertagna

    Julie Bertagna is a Scottish author who has written real life and science fiction novels for both children and young adults. Her books have been shortlisted for several literature awards, including the Carnegie Medal and her novel Exodus was the winner of the Lancashire County Library Children?s Book of the Year Award....
  • Zenith is a literary magazine produced by The Key School
    The Key School

    The Key School is an independent private coeducational school, located in the neighborhood of Hillsmere Shores in Annapolis, Maryland. Known simply as "Key" by members of the community, it is one of several independent private schools in the Annapolis area....
  • 'Zenith is the currency used in the universe of Walter Jon Williams
    Walter Jon Williams

    Walter Jon Williams is an American writer, primarily of science fiction.Several of Williams' novels have a distinct cyberpunk feel to them, notably Hardwired and Voice of the Whirlwind....
    ' "Dread Empire's Fall
    Dread Empire's Fall

    The Dread Empire's Fall series began in 2002 when The Praxis was published, a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams. Being well-received by many, The Sundering was released the subsequent year, and the series was brought to a conclusion in the summer of 2005 with the publication of The Conventions of War...
    " series.


Music

  • Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power) is a song by power metal band Stratovarius
    Stratovarius

    Stratovarius is a Finland power metal band that formed in 1983. Their material contains elements of power metal and symphonic metal....
  • "Under Zenith" is a song off Our Lady Peace
    Our Lady Peace

    Our Lady Peace, often abbreviated OLP, is a Canada alternative rock band consisting of Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Jeremy Taggart and Steve Mazur....
    's debut album, Naveed
    Naveed (album)

    Naveed is the first album by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. It was produced by Arnold Lanni. The album was released on March 22, 1994 by Sony Records....
    .


Ships

  • HMS Zenith
    HMS Zenith

    HMS Zenith has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:* Zenith, a drifter considered for service but acquisition cancelled in 1919...
    , the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy and of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division at Southampton
  • MV Zenith, a cruise ship
    Cruise ship

    File:MSMajestyOfTheSeasEdit1.JPGA cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience....
     formerly of Celebrity Cruises
    Celebrity Cruises

    Celebrity Cruises is a cruise line founded in 1988 by the Greece Chandris Group. In 1997 Celebrity Cruises Ltd. merged with Royal Caribbean International to become Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., which operates Celebrity, Royal Caribbean International, Azamara Cruises, Pullmantur Cruises and CDF Croisieres de France....
    , now of Pullmantur Cruises
    Pullmantur Cruises

    File:Ocean dream pullmantur.jpgPullmantur Cruises is a cruise line headquartered in Spain. It began operations in the late 1990s as an offshoot of the Madrid-based travel agency Pullmantur....
    . Featured in the titular essay of David Foster Wallace
    David Foster Wallace

    David Foster Wallace was an United States writer of novelist, essays and short story, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California....
    's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
    A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

    A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again is the title of a 1997 collection of non-fiction writing by David Foster Wallace.In the namesake essay, originally published as "Shipping Out" in Harper's, Wallace describes what he sees as the middlebrow excesses exhibited during his one week trip aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean Sea...
    .
  • USS Zenith (SP-61)
    USS Zenith (SP-61)

    USS Zenith was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.Zenith was a motorboat or yacht designed with the possibility of naval service in mind when she was constructed in 1917 at Camden, New Jersey, New Jersey, by the Mathis Yacht Building Company....
    , a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy
    United States Navy

    The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
     from 1917 to 1918.


Telephony


  • The Zenith number
    Zenith number

    A Zenith number is a special type of toll-free telephone number in the United States and Canada that was introduced prior to the development of Wide Area Telephone Service toll-free service....
    , also known as Enterprise or WX, referring to a toll-free telephone service


Analog tape recording


  • Zenith (analog recording) is the angle that a tape head tilts in an analog recording tape machine.


See also


  • Zenit
    Zenit

    Zenit, meaning zenith, is the name of several things:...