Noun: apocenter 'a-pow,sen-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: apocentre)
Usage: US (elsewhere: apocentre)
- (astronomy) the point in the orbit of one body of a binary system at which it is farthest from the center of mass of the system
"The satellite reached its apocenter and began to slow down";
- apocentre [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: apocenters
Encyclopedia: Apocenter