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:

In aviation:

• A Montgolfier balloon flown to a record of over 8,000m in 1875; see timeline of aviation—19th century (1870s)
• Zenith Aircraft Company, a manufacturer of light aircraft

In business:

• Zenith (watchmaker), a Swiss watchmaker
• Zenith Carburetters
• Zenith Data Systems
• Zenith Electronics Corporation, a television manufacturer
• Zenit (camera), a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ (spelled as Zenith in some English-language literature)
• Zenith Bank, a Nigerian bank
• Zenith Fund Management, a Fund Management company based in Guernsey
• Zenith (motorcycles), a now defunct British motorcycle manufacturer

In fiction:

• Monsieur Zenith the Albino is an ambiguous villain created by writer Anthony Skene for 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 (DC Comics) has also existed as a fictional city in the DC Universe since 1947.
• Zenith is a fictional city in Winnemac (fictional state), from the novels Babbitt, Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry novels by Sinclair Lewis.
• Zenithia, or Zenith, a sky castle from the Dragon Quest video game series.
• The Zenith Carrier Zord is a fictional machine in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
• Zenith is a book written by Julie Bertagna
• Zenith is a literary magazine produced by The Key School
• Zenith is the currency used in the universe of Walter Jon Williams' "Dread Empire's Fall" series.

In entertainment:

• Le Zénith, a famous concert hall in Paris
• Zenith Brass Ensemble, a youth brass choir in Michigan, USA
• Zenith (magazine) (later Speculation (magazine) was a Hugo Award-nominated science fiction fanzine edited by Peter Weston

In Music:

• Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power) is a song by power metal band Stratovarius

In ships:

• MV Zenith, a cruise ship formerly of Celebrity Cruises, now of Pullmantur Cruises. Featured in the titular essay of David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again.

In telephony:

• The Zenith number, also known as Enterprise or WX, referring to a toll-free telephone service

In Analog tape Recording:

• Zenith (analog recording) is the angle that a tape head tilts in an analog recording tape machine.

[edit] See also

• Zenit