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zenith The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction ( plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location ( nadir). The zenith is the "high ...

is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer. Zenith or Zénith may also refer to: * Summit, a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it

Automotive

Zenith Carburettor Company (British) The Zenith Carburetter Company Limited was a British company making carburettors in Stanmore Middlesex, founded in 1912 as a subsidiary of the French . In 1965, the company joined with its major pre-war rival Solex Carburettors, and ove ...

, a British carburetor maker * Zenith Carburetor Company, an American carburetor company, unrelated to the British firm

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 __NOTOC__ Zenith Aircraft Company is in the exclusive business of designing, developing and manufacturing kit aircraft. The independent, privately owned company was formed in 1992 in Mexico, Missouri, centrally located in the United States, an ...

, a manufacturer of light aircraft

Business

* Zenith Administrators, Inc. and Zenith American Solutions, respectively predecessor and successor companies of American Benefit Plan Administrators *

Zenith Bank Zenith Bank Plc is a large financial service provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa. It is licensed as a commercial bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the national banking regulator. As of 31 December 2019, it holds $16.1bn in total as ...

, a Nigerian bank *

Zenit (camera) Zenit (russian: Зени́т) is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) camera brand manufactured by KMZ in the town of Krasnogorsk near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit trademark is associated with 35 mm ...

, a Russian camera brand produced by KMZ (spelled as ''Zenith'' in some English-language literature) *

Zenith Data Systems Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) was a division of Zenith Electronics founded in 1979 after Zenith acquired the Heath Company, which had entered the personal computer market in 1977. Headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Zenith sold personal compu ...

, computer hardware company *

Zenith Education Group Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) is a United States nonprofit corporation based in Minnesota. Since 1994, ECMC has operated in the areas of student loan bankruptcy management and loan collection. ECMC is one of a number of ''guara ...

, a subsidiary of Educational Credit Management Corporation which operates colleges in the United States *

Zenith Electronics Zenith Electronics, LLC, is an American research and development company that develops ATSC and digital rights management technologies. It is owned by the South Korean company LG Electronics. Zenith was previously an American brand of consumer e ...

, a radio and television manufacturer *

Zenith Insurance Company Zenith Insurance Company is an American insurance company headquartered in California specializing in workers' compensation insurance. It has been an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Fairfax Financial since 2010. Zenith operates nati ...

, an American insurance company *

Zenith Motorcycles Zenith Motorcycles was a British motorcycle and automobile manufacturer established in Finsbury Park, London in 1903, by W.G. Bowers. Automobile manufacture only lasted from 1905–1906. The first Zenith motorcycle was the 'BiCar' of 1903, based ...

, a now defunct British motorcycle manufacturer * Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited, a British oilfield service company *

Zenith (watchmaker) Zenith SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel and is one of the oldest continuously operating watchmakers. Favre-Jacob invented the concept of "in house m ...

, a Swiss watchmaker * Zenith, a Japanese make of binoculars * Zenith, a crusher manufacturer in Shanghai, China

Entertainment

* , the common name for a series of indoor arenas, all similar in design, in France (15 at present) **

Zénith Paris Zénith Paris (originally known as Zénith de Paris, ; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l ...

, the first and most famous of the venues ** Zénith d'Orléans ** Zénith de Strasbourg *

Zenith Brass The Zenith Brass is a group of 30 talented youth brass and percussion players formed in 1995. Drawing on the brass choir literature for college and professional organizations, the repertoire is new to school band members Zenith Brass performs a w ...

, a youth brass choir in Michigan, US *

Zenith (building) The Kulturhalle Zenith (also known as the Zenith Halle or simply Zenith) is an events hall located in the Schwabing-Freimann borough of Munich, Germany. Originally opening in 1918 as a part of a railway repair shop, the hall was converted into p ...

, a culture and exhibition centre in Munich, Germany * ''Zenith'', a computer game by

Nasir Gebelli Nasir Gebelli ( fa, ناصر جبلی, also Nasser Gebelli, born 1957) is an Iranian-American programmer and video game designer usually credited in his games as simply Nasir. Gebelli wrote Apple II games for Sirius Software, created his own co ...

Zenith Productions Zenith Productions (later Zenith Entertainment) was a British independent film and television production company. Zenith created content for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and UKTV, including a number of series such as ''Inspector Morse'' for IT ...

, a defunct British independent film and television production company

Fiction

* ''Zenith'' (film), a 2010 American film * "The Zenith" (''Voltron: Legendary Defender''), a 2018 eighth season episode * 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, Winnemac, 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 Caste, caste in the role-playing game ''Exalted'' * Zenith Castle, or 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 The Key School is an independent coeducational school, located in the neighborhood of Hillsmere Shores in Annapolis, Maryland. The Key School was established by a group of tutors from St. John's College in 1958. Key is a member of the National A ...

* Zenith, the currency used in the universe of Walter Jon Williams' ''Dread Empire's Fall'' series * Zenith Carrierzord, 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
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the final and most powerful sword in the video game

Terraria ''Terraria'' is an action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows on May 16, 2011, and has since been ported to several other platforms. The game features exploration, crafting, building, painting ...

Music

* ''Zenith'' (Grayskul album) * ''Zenith'' (Alfie Arcuri album) * "

Zenith The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction ( plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location ( nadir). The zenith is the "high ...

", a song on the album ''Starbound Beast'' by Huntress * " Under Zenith", a song on the album ''Naveed'' by Our Lady Peace *

The Zenith Passage The Zenith Passage is an American technical death metal band from Los Angeles, California founded in 2012. They are currently signed to Unique Leader Records. To date they have released one EP, Cosmic Dissonance, and one LP, Solipsist. They ...

, a technical death metal band from the United States * "Zenith" (After Forever song), sixth song from the album ''Decipher'', by After Forever, a gothic metal band from Netherlands * "Zenith" (Ghost song), an extra song from the album ''Meliora'', the third album from Ghost band * "Zenith" (Kavinsky song), a song from the album ''Reborn'' * "

The Zenith ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

", a song by Starflyer 59 from ''Silver'' * ''

'', an album by Enforcer

Ships

* HMS ''Zenith'', the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy and of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division at Southampton * MV ''The Zenith'', a cruise ship * USS ''Zenith'' (SP-61), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918

Places

* Zenith, Georgia, unincorporated community in the United States * Zenith, Illinois, unincorporated community in the United States * Zenith, Kansas, unincorporated community in the United States * Zenith, North Dakota, unincorporated community in the United States * Zenith, Pennsylvania, unincorporated community in the United States * Zenith, Tennessee, unincorporated community * Zenith, West Virginia, unincorporated community in the United States * Zenith City, nickname of Duluth, Minnesota, United States * Zenith Heights, Michigan, an unincorporated community

Other uses

* ''Zenith'' (1985 painting), painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol * ''Zenith'' (magazine), a German magazine of Arabic and Islamic studies * Zénith FC, professional football club based in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti *

Zenith number A Zenith number was a special type of telephony service that allowed a calling party to call the number's owner at no charge by requesting the call from a switchboard operator and citing the "Zenith", "Enterprise" or "WX" number. The service prece ...

, 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 The Zenith Plateau is a large bathymetric high in the Indian Ocean, located about west-northwest of the Wallaby Plateau, west-northwest of Carnarvon, Western Australia, and north-west of Perth, Western Australia. The summit of the Zenith Plateau ...

, or Zenith Seamount, an undersea bathymetric high beneath the Indian Ocean * Zenith Go, or Zen, computer Go program * Zenith Jones Brown, an American crime fiction writer