"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] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aphelion.wav Forms: aphelia [plural], aphelions [plural, proscribed]
Rhymes: -iːliən 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: {{PIE word|en|h₂epó}} PIE word *h₂epó, {{PIE word|en|sóh₂wl̥}} PIE word *sóh₂wl̥, {{der|en|NL.|aphēlium}} New Latin aphēlium, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{der|en|grc|ἀπο-|pos=prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’}} Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, prefix meaning ‘away, from, off’), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sóh₂wl̥|t=the sun}} Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{noncog|NL.|apogaeum|t=apogee}} New Latin apogaeum (“apogee”), {{glossary|plural}} plural 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)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
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          "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
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          "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
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          "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
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          "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/æpˈhil.jən/",
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      "homophone": "Ophelian (one pronunciation)"
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "ref": "1837, William Whewell, “The Inductive Epoch of Newton—Discovery of the Universal Gravitation of Matter, according to the Law of the Inverse Square of the Distance”, in History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, book VII (History of Physical Astronomy), page 170:",
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        }
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        "The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun."
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        "(astronomy, also figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun."
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "afelio"
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      "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"
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      "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"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afélium"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aphelium"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "word": "afelio"
    },
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "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": [
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        "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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