Zenith (disambiguation)
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The zenith is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer. (opposite: nadir). In general, zenith may mean "highest point", used in sentences like Mount Everest is the zenith of the world.
Zenith may also mean:
Aviation
- 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)
- Zenith Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of light aircraft
Business
- Zenith Bank, a Nigerian bank
- Zenit (camera), a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ (spelled as Zenith in some English-language literature)
- Zenith Carburetters
- Zenith Data Systems
- Zenith Electronics Corporation, a radio and television manufacturer
- Zenith Motorcycles, a now defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
- Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited, a British oilfield service company
- Zenith (watchmaker), a Swiss watchmaker
- Zenith, a Japanese make of binoculars
Entertainment
- Le Zénith, the common name for a series of indoor arenas, all similar in design, in France (15 at present)
- Zénith de Paris, the first and most famous of the venues
- Zénith d'Orléans
- Zénith de Strasbourg
- Zenith Brass Ensemble, a youth brass choir in Michigan, USA
- Zenith (building), a culture and exhibition centre in Munich, Germany
Fiction
- Zenith (film), a 2010 American film
- Monsieur Zenith, a villain in the Sexton Blake series of detective pulp fiction
- Zenith (comics), a superhero comic series written by Grant Morrison that first appeared in 2000 AD
- Zenith, a city in Sinclair Lewis's fictional state of Winnemac, and the setting for his 1922 novel Babbitt
- Zenith, also known as Zenithia, a sky castle from the Dragon Quest video game series
- Zenith, a book written by Julie Bertagna
- 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
- Zenith Carrier Zord, a zord in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy that was formerly the Shark Galactabeast.
- Zenith, a character in the book series Emily the Strange
- Zenith, the home planet of Winx club member Tecna, the fairy of Technology
Music
- Zenith, a 2013 album by Grayskul
- Zenith, an album released 2010 by A Swarm of the Sun
- "Zenith", a song on the album Starbound Beast by Huntress
- "Götterdämmerung (Zenith of Power)", a song by the power metal band Stratovarius
- "Under Zenith", a song on the album Naveed by Our Lady Peace
Ships
- HMS Zenith, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy and of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division at Southampton
- MV Zenith, a cruise ship
- USS Zenith (SP-61), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918
Miscellaneous
- The Zenith number, also known as Enterprise or WX, referring to a toll-free telephone service
- Zenith camera, an astronomic or geodetic instrument which is directed exactly to the zenith
See also
- Zenit (disambiguation)
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