adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈzɛn.ɪθəl/
US:/ˈzi.nɪθəl/
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a zenith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 25, [...] since he had last shared in the Vicarage life it had grown even more distinctly foreign to his own than usual. Its transcendental aspirations—still unconsciously based on the geocentric view of things, a zenithal paradise, a nadiral hell—were as foreign to his own as if they had been the dreams of people on another planet.
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adj
Meaning 2
Azimuthal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
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adjective
Meaning 3
relating to or located at or near the zenith
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
From zenith + -al.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
French:
zénithal
— of or pertaining to a zenith
Georgian:
ზენიტური
(zeniṭuri)
— of or pertaining to a zenith
Italian:
zenitale
— of or pertaining to a zenith
Manx:
ard-niauagh
— of or pertaining to a zenith
Russian:
зени́тный
(zenítnyj)
— of or pertaining to a zenith
