"aphelion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈfiː.lɪ.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æpˈhiː.lɪ.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfi.li.ən/ [General-American], /əˈfil.jən/ [General-American], /æpˈhi.li.ən/ [General-American], /æpˈhil.jən/ [General-American], /əˈfiː.lɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æpˈhiː.lɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfi.li.ə/ [General-American], /əˈfil.jə/ [General-American], /æpˈhi.li.ə/ [General-American], /æpˈhil.jə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: aphelia [plural], aphelions [plural, proscribed]
Etymology: A Greek form of New Latin aphēlium (whence English aphelium, now displaced), from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’) + ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)) + -ον (-on, suffix forming some nouns), modelled after New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”). The plural form aphelia is from aphelion + -a (plural form of the suffix -on). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₂epó}} *h₂epó, {{PIE word|en|h₂epó}} PIE word *h₂epó, {{l|ine-pro|*sóh₂wl̥}} *sóh₂wl̥, {{PIE word|en|sóh₂wl̥}} PIE word *sóh₂wl̥, {{der|en|NL.|aphēlium}} New Latin aphēlium, {{m|en|aphelium}} aphelium, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|grc|ἀπο-|pos=prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’}} Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’), {{m|grc|ἥλῐος|t=the sun}} ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “the sun”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sóh₂wl̥|t=the sun}} Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{m|grc|-ον|pos=suffix forming some nouns}} -ον (-on, suffix forming some nouns), {{noncog|NL.|apogaeum|t=apogee}} New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”), {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{m|en|aphelia}} aphelia, {{m|en|-a|pos=plural form of the suffix -on}} -a (plural form of the suffix -on) Head templates: {{en-noun|aphelia|+|pl2qual=deprecated}} aphelion (plural aphelia or (deprecated) aphelions)
  1. (astronomy, also figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun. Tags: also, figuratively Categories (topical): Astronomy Hypernyms: apoapsis, apside, apsis Related terms: parhelion, apoapsis Translations (point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun): أَوْج (ʔawj) [masculine] (Arabic), afelio (Basque), афе́лій (afjélij) [masculine] (Belarusian), afeli [masculine] (Catalan), 遠日點 (Chinese Mandarin), 远日点 (yuǎnrìdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), afélium [neuter] (Czech), aphelium [neuter] (Dutch), afelio (Esperanto), apheli (Finnish), aphélie [masculine] (French), afelio [masculine] (Galician), Aphel [neuter] (German), αφήλιο (afílio) [neuter] (Greek), sólfirð [feminine] (Icelandic), aiféilean [masculine] (Irish), apaihéilean [masculine] (Irish), cianphointe ó ghrian [masculine] (Irish), afelio [masculine] (Italian), 遠日点 (enjitsuten) (alt: えんじつてん) (Japanese), 원일점 (woniljeom) (alt: 遠日點) (Korean), а́фел (áfel) [masculine] (Macedonian), اوج خورشیدی (owj-e xoršidi) (Persian), aphelium [neuter] (Polish), afélio [masculine] (Portuguese), afélia [feminine] (Portuguese), афе́лий (afélij) [masculine] (Russian), афел [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), afel [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), afelio [masculine] (Spanish), aphelium [neuter] (Swedish), higlayo sa Adlaw (Tagalog), афе́лій (afélij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), điểm viễn nhật (alt: 點遠日) (Vietnamese), affelion [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-aphelion-en-noun-L~gJhOAE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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      "name": "glossary"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀπο-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἥλῐος",
        "t": "the sun"
      },
      "expansion": "ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “the sun”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sóh₂wl̥",
        "t": "the sun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "noun",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ον",
        "pos": "suffix forming some nouns"
      },
      "expansion": "-ον (-on, suffix forming some nouns)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "NL.",
        "2": "apogaeum",
        "t": "apogee"
      },
      "expansion": "New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plural"
      },
      "expansion": "plural",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aphelia"
      },
      "expansion": "aphelia",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-a",
        "pos": "plural form of the suffix -on"
      },
      "expansion": "-a (plural form of the suffix -on)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A Greek form of New Latin aphēlium (whence English aphelium, now displaced), from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’) + ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)) + -ον (-on, suffix forming some nouns), modelled after New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”).\nThe plural form aphelia is from aphelion + -a (plural form of the suffix -on).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aphelia",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aphelions",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aphelia",
        "2": "+",
        "pl2qual": "deprecated"
      },
      "expansion": "aphelion (plural aphelia or (deprecated) aphelions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "apoapsis"
    },
    {
      "word": "apside"
    },
    {
      "word": "apsis"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ap‧hel‧i‧on",
    "ap‧hel‧ia"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "parhelion"
    },
    {
      "word": "apoapsis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perihelion"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from New Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂epó",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *sóh₂wl̥",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "en:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "elliptical",
          "elliptical#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "orbit",
          "orbit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "comet",
          "comet"
        ],
        [
          "planet",
          "planet"
        ],
        [
          "astronomical",
          "astronomical"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "farthest",
          "far#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "Sun",
          "Sun#Proper noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy, also figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfiː.lɪ.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æpˈhiː.lɪ.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfi.li.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfil.jən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æpˈhi.li.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æpˈhil.jən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfiː.lɪ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æpˈhiː.lɪ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfi.li.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈfil.jə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æpˈhi.li.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æpˈhil.jə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔawj",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَوْج"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "afelio"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "afjélij",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афе́лій"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "遠日點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuǎnrìdiǎn",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "远日点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "afélium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aphelium"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "afelio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "apheli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aphélie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afelio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Aphel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afílio",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αφήλιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sólfirð"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aiféilean"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apaihéilean"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cianphointe ó ghrian"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afelio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんじつてん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enjitsuten",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "遠日点"
    },
    {
      "alt": "遠日點",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "woniljeom",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "원일점"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "áfel",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́фел"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "owj-e xoršidi",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "اوج خورشیدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aphelium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afélio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afélia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "afélij",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афе́лий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афел"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afelio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aphelium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "higlayo sa Adlaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "afélij",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "афе́лій"
    },
    {
      "alt": "點遠日",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "điểm viễn nhật"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "affelion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aphelion"
}

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