Meaning and example
the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
The passage used "zenith" to mean the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.376 places zenith in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 92% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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