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zenith
The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction ( plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location ( nadir). The zenith is the "high ...
is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer.
Zenith or Zénith may also refer to:
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Summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...
, a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it
Automotive
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Zenith Carburettor Company (British)
The Zenith Carburetter Company Limited was a British company making carburettors in Stanmore Middlesex, founded in 1912 as a subsidiary of the French . In 1965, the company joined with its major pre-war rival Solex Carburettors, and over ...
, a British carburetor maker
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Zenith Carburetor Company
Zenith Carburetor (later the Fuel Devices Division of Bendix Corporation) was an American manufacturer of gasoline engine management systems and components, chiefly carburetors and filters. It was founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1911 as a subsidi ...
, an American carburetor company, unrelated to the British firm
Aviation
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Ellipse Zenith, a French hang glider
* Zenith, a balloon flown to a record altitude of over 8,000 meters in 1875; see
timeline of aviation—19th century (1870s)
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Zenith Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of light aircraft
Business
* Zenith Administrators, Inc. and Zenith American Solutions, respectively predecessor and successor companies of
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Zenith Bank
Zenith Bank Plc is a large financial service provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa. It is licensed as a commercial bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the national banking regulator. As of 31 December 2019, it holds $16.1bn in total as ...
, a Nigerian bank
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Zenit (camera)
Zenit (russian: Зени́т) is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) camera brand manufactured by KMZ in the town of Krasnogorsk near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit trademark is associated with 35 mm S ...
, a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ (spelled as ''Zenith'' in some English-language literature)
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Zenith Data Systems, computer hardware company
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Zenith Education Group, a subsidiary of Educational Credit Management Corporation which operates colleges in the United States
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Zenith Electronics
Zenith Electronics, LLC, is an American research and development company that develops ATSC and digital rights management technologies. It is owned by the South Korean company LG Electronics. Zenith was previously an American brand of consumer el ...
, a radio and television manufacturer
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Zenith Insurance Company
Zenith Insurance Company is an American insurance company headquartered in California specializing in workers' compensation insurance. It has been an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Fairfax Financial since 2010.
Zenith operates nati ...
, an American insurance company
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Zenith Motorcycles, a now defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
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Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited, a British oilfield service company
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Zenith (watchmaker), a Swiss watchmaker
* Zenith, a Japanese make of
binoculars
Binoculars or field glasses are two refracting telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes ( binocular vision) when viewing distant objects. Most binoculars are sized to be hel ...
* Zenith, a
crusher
A crusher is a machine designed to reduce large rocks into smaller rocks, gravel, sand or rock dust.
Crushers may be used to reduce the size, or change the form, of waste materials so they can be more easily disposed of or recycled, or to redu ...
manufacturer in Shanghai, China
Entertainment
* , the common name for a series of indoor arenas, all similar in design, in France (15 at present)
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Zénith Paris
Zénith Paris (originally known as Zénith de Paris, ; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de ...
, the first and most famous of the venues
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Zénith d'Orléans
Zénith d'Orléans is an indoor sporting arena and concert hall that is located in the city of Orléans, France. The arena, one of a series of similar venues throughout France, has a seating capacity of 5,338 for basketball games and 6,900 for ...
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Zénith de Strasbourg
Zénith de Strasbourg is an indoor sporting arena and concert hall that is located in the city of Eckbolsheim, Bas-Rhin, in eastern France.
Design
It was designed, in the Postmodern Expressionist style, by Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksa ...
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Zenith Brass, a youth brass choir in Michigan, US
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Zenith (building)
The Kulturhalle Zenith (also known as the Zenith Halle or simply Zenith) is an events hall located in the Schwabing-Freimann borough of Munich, Germany. Originally opening in 1918 as a part of a railway repair shop, the hall was converted into pe ...
, a culture and exhibition centre in Munich, Germany
* ''Zenith'', a computer game by
Nasir Gebelli
Nasir Gebelli ( fa, ناصر جبلی, also Nasser Gebelli, born 1957) is an Iranian-American programmer and video game designer usually credited in his games as simply Nasir. Gebelli wrote Apple II games for Sirius Software, created his own com ...
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Zenith Productions
Zenith Productions (later Zenith Entertainment) was a British independent film and television production company. Zenith created content for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and UKTV, including a number of series such as '' Inspector Morse'' for ...
, a defunct British independent film and television production company
Fiction
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''Zenith'' (film), a 2010 American film
* "The Zenith" (''Voltron: Legendary Defender''), a 2018
eighth season episode
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Monsieur Zenith
Monsieur Zenith the Albino is an ambiguous villain created by writer Anthony Skene for the " Sexton Blake" series of detective pulp fiction.
Zenith is an albino, world-weary gentleman thief, originally Romanian nobility but in exile for undet ...
, a villain in the Sexton Blake series of detective pulp fiction
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''Zenith'' (comics), a superhero comic series written by Grant Morrison that first appeared in ''2000 AD''
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Zenith, Winnemac
''Babbitt'' (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by ''Babbitt'' was influential in ...
, a city in Sinclair Lewis's fictional state of Winnemac, and the setting for his 1922 novel ''Babbitt''
* Zenith, a city in the TV series
Under the Dome which is accessible from within the Dome by an underground portal
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Zenith Caste
''Exalted'' is a high fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Publishing in July 2001. The game is currently in its third edition. It was originally created by Robert Hatch, Justin Achilli and Stephan Wieck, a ...
, caste in the role-playing game ''Exalted''
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Zenith Castle, or Zenithia, a sky castle from the ''Dragon Quest'' video game series
* ''Zenith'', a book written by
Julie Bertagna
Julie Bertagna (born 1962) is a Scottish author who has written real life and science fiction novels for children and young adults. Her books have been shortlisted for several literature awards, including the Carnegie Medal. Her novel ''Exodus ...
* ''Zenith'', a literary magazine produced by
The Key School
* Zenith, the currency used in the universe of Walter Jon Williams'
''Dread Empire's Fall'' series
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Zenith Carrierzord
''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' is an American television series and the seventh season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the '' Super Sentai'' series '' Seijuu Sentai Gingaman''. The series was written by Judd Lynn and aired for 45 epis ...
, a zord in ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy'' that was formerly the Shark Galactabeast
* Zenith, a character in the book series ''
Emily the Strange
Emily the Strange is an illustrated fictional character featured in several comic books, graphic novels and in various merchandise and clothing lines. She was created by Rob Reger for his company Cosmic Debris Etc. Inc. located in San Francisco, C ...
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* Zenith, the home planet of
''Winx Club'' member Tecna, the fairy of technology
Zenith the final and most powerful sword in the video game
Terraria
Music
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''Zenith'' (Grayskul album)
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''Zenith'' (Alfie Arcuri album)
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Zenith
The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction ( plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location ( nadir). The zenith is the "high ...
", a song on the album ''Starbound Beast'' by Huntress
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Under Zenith
''Naveed'' is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. It was produced by Arnold Lanni, and was released on March 22, 1994, by Sony Music Canada. ''Naveed'' became a success in Canada, being certified 4× Platinum in the cou ...
", a song on the album ''Naveed'' by Our Lady Peace
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The Zenith Passage, a technical death metal band from the United States
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"Zenith" (After Forever song), sixth song from the album ''Decipher'', by After Forever, a gothic metal band from Netherlands
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"Zenith" (Ghost song), an extra song from the album ''Meliora'', the third album from Ghost band
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"Zenith" (Kavinsky song), a song from the album ''Reborn''
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The Zenith
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in ...
", a song by Starflyer 59 from ''Silver''
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Zenith
The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction ( plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location ( nadir). The zenith is the "high ...
'', an album by Enforcer
Ships
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HMS ''Zenith'', the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy and of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division at Southampton
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MV ''The Zenith'', a cruise ship
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USS ''Zenith'' (SP-61), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918
Places
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Zenith, Georgia, unincorporated community in the United States
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Zenith, Illinois
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Orchard Township, Wayne County, Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropol ...
, unincorporated community in the United States
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Zenith, Kansas
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. It is located east of Stafford, next to a railroad and U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Hig ...
, unincorporated community in the United States
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Zenith, North Dakota
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Stark County, North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered ...
, unincorporated community in the United States
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Zenith, Pennsylvania
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Nescopeck Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appala ...
, unincorporated community in the United States
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Zenith, Tennessee
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 1 ...
, unincorporated community
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Zenith, West Virginia
Zenith is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Zenith is located near the Virginia border, south of Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathem ...
, unincorporated community in the United States
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Zenith City
, settlement_type = City
, nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City
, motto =
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
, nickname of Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Zenith Heights, Michigan
The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction ( plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location ( nadir). The zenith is the "highe ...
, an unincorporated community
Other uses
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''Zenith'' (1985 painting), painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol
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''Zenith'' (magazine), a German magazine of Arabic and Islamic studies
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Zénith FC
Zénith Football Club is a professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola i ...
, professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
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Zenith number, also known as Enterprise or WX, referring to a toll-free telephone service
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Zenith camera, an astronomic or geodetic instrument which is directed exactly to the zenith
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Zenith Plateau, or Zenith Seamount, an undersea bathymetric high beneath the Indian Ocean
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Zenith Go Zen, sold as Tencho no Igo (, literally Zenith Go) in Japan, is a Closed Source, closed source Go (game), Go playing engine developed by Yoji Ojima (尾島陽児), a Japanese Go programmer.
History to 2016
Zen won a gold medal in 14th Computer Oly ...
, or Zen, computer Go program
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Zenith Jones Brown
Zenith Jones Brown (December 8, 1898 – August 25, 1983) was an American crime fiction writer who also wrote for a time in England. She wrote under the pseudonyms David Frome, Leslie Ford, and Brenda Conrad. She is perhaps best known for her n ...
, an American crime fiction writer
See also
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Zenit (disambiguation)
Zenit, meaning "zenith", may refer to:
Spaceflight and rocketry
* Zenit (rocket family), a Soviet family of space launch vehicles
* Zenit (satellite), a type of Soviet spy satellite
* Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket
Sports
* Zenit (spor ...
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