Zenith (disambiguation)

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 Computers, a brand of computers
• 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 Staybrite, a British windows and doors manufacturer
• Zenith (watchmaker), a Swiss watchmaker
• Zenith, a Japanese make of binoculars

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 is a city in the fictional state of Winnemac
• 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 is a fictional city which provides the backdrop for Sinclair Lewis's 1922 novel Babbitt.
• Zenith Carrier Zord, a zord in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy that was formerly the Shark Galactabeast.

Music

• Götterdämmerung (Zenith Of Power) is a song by power metal band Stratovarius
• "Under Zenith" is a song off Our Lady Peace's debut album, Naveed.
• "Zenith" is the title of an album, released 2010 by A Swarm of the Sun

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)