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 aviation19th century (1870s)
  • Zenith Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of light aircraft

Business

Entertainment

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

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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