APSIS


Meaning of APSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈap-səs ]

noun

( plural ap·si·des -sə-ˌdēz)

Etymology: New Latin apsid-, apsis, from Latin, arch, orbit, from Greek hapsid-, hapsis, from haptein to fasten

Date: 1658

1. : the point in an astronomical orbit at which the distance of the body from the center of attraction is either greatest or least

2. : apse 2

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