a. Astr. [f. as prec. + -AN.] a. Proceeding off from the earth or land. b. Of or pertaining to apogee.
a. 1644. Quarles, Sol. Recant., ix. 49. Let not that rude, that Apogean storm Of flesh and blood dismay thee.
1812. Woodhouse, Astron., xxxiii. 313. The apogean and perigean lunar distances.
1876. Chambers, Astron., 173. The Moon being more or less in an apogean position.
