"apoapsis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apoapsides [plural], apoapsises [plural], apoapses [plural], apapsis [alternative]
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  1. (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum. Synonyms: apocenter, apoapse Translations (point of a body's elliptical orbit): апоапсида (apoapsida) [feminine] (Bulgarian), apoapsis (Finnish), apoapse (French), apoapside [masculine] (French), απόαψη (apóapsi) [feminine] (Greek), apaipsis [feminine] (Irish), apoapside [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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