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
Zenith, a crusher manufacturer in Shanghai, China.

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, a city in the TV series Under the Dome which is accessible from within the Dome by an underground portal.
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
"The Zenith Passage," a technical death metal band from the United States

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

Zenith, Kansas, a community in the U.S.
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
Zenith Plateau or Zenith Seamount, an undersea bathymetric high beneath the Indian Ocean.