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What is a zenith?

What is a zenith? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
  2. (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
  3. (by extension) Highest point or state; peak.
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The sun was climbing to its zenith, not yet noon, reflecting its light on the beautiful white washed walls of the buildings.
The method needs data collected from two satellites, one close to zenith and the other in the direction of horizon.
The sun reached its zenith and fell steeply on the western side, and they did not notice.
The center of the map is the zenith, the point in the sky directly overhead.
Athens reached its zenith during the fifth century B.C., a period known as its Golden Age.
Once the sun reached its zenith, it was too hot to even move, let alone travel.

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