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zenith | peek |

As a noun zenith

is the point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.

As a verb peek is

to look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

As an acronym PEEK is

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zenith

English

(wikipedia zenith)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
  • * 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
    • The 12 day wee had the wind high and large ?o that in two dayes ?aile we made the Sunne our Zenith or verticall point...
  • * 1671–1693 : Rev. Thomas Jolly, private notebook ; printed in:
  • * 1895 , Henry Fishwick (editor), The Note Book of the Rev. Thomas Jolly: A.D. 1671–1693. Extracts from the Church Books of Altham and Wymondhouses, 1649–1725. And an Account of the Jolly Family of Standish, Gorton, and Altham , page 44
    • In this 10th m. appeared that prodigious Comett the tayl whereof was like the blade of a double edged sword, and reached almost from the horizon to the zenith .
  • (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
  • * 1719-
    • ...in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the zenith , the violence of the heat was too great to stir out...
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II:
    • As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, , the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.
  • Highest point or state; peak.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I find my zenith doth depend upon / A most auspicious star.
  • * Macaulay
    • It was during those civil troubles this aspiring family reached the zenith .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , page=173 , year=1900 , author=William Beckford , title=The History of the Caliph Vathek citation , passage="There for a while I enjoyed myself in the zenith of glory and pleasure."}}

    Derived terms

    * zenithal * zenithally

    Synonyms

    * (highest point or state) acme, apogee, culmination, pinnacle * See also

    Antonyms

    * nadir * perigee

    Related terms

    * azimuth, nadir *: Both from or related to .

    peek

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *, probably a fusion of peep and keek.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
  • To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
  • * 2012 , Rachel Kramer Bussel, Going Down: Oral Sex Stories (ISBN 1573447978):
    • A pale strip of white skin peeked out from under his waistband.
  • * 2012 , Michelle Monkou, If I Had You (ISBN 1459223284):
    • Her brown skin peeked through the empty gap in her clothing.
  • (computing) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
  • * 2006 , Gary Willoughby, PureBasic: A Beginner's Guide to Computer Programming (page 279)
    • We are peeking the value from the first index's memory location.

    Related terms

    * sneak peek

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

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