"apsis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæpsɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apsis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: apsides [plural], apses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|apsis}} Latin apsis, {{m|la|hapsis}} hapsis, {{der|en|grc|ἁψίς||arch, vault}} Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), {{m|en|apse}} apse Head templates: {{en-noun|apsides|apses}} apsis (plural apsides or apses)
  1. (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse. Categories (topical): Architecture, Orbits Translations (architecture: apse): kuori (Finnish), apsis (Finnish), absidi (Finnish), abside [feminine] (French), Apsis [feminine] (German), cúlbhá [feminine] (Irish), apsyda [feminine] (Polish), absyda [feminine] (Polish), absid [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-apsis-en-noun-D-MGyhRX Disambiguation of Orbits: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 71 29 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'architecture: apse': 96 4
  2. (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee Categories (topical): Astronomy, Orbits Translations (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit): apsidi (Finnish), apside [feminine] (French), Apsis [feminine] (German), aipsis [feminine] (Irish), apsyda [feminine] (Polish), absyda [feminine] (Polish), apside [feminine] (Portuguese), апси́да (apsída) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-apsis-en-noun-t9FCFxrG Disambiguation of Orbits: 47 53 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'astronomy: point in elliptical orbit': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apse, apside Derived forms: apoapsis, periapsis

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