French Meaning of apsis

abside

Other French words related to abside

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Definitions and Meaning of apsis in English

Wordnet

apsis (n)

a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar

Webster

apsis (n.)

One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.

In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.

Same as Apse.

FAQs About the word apsis

abside

a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altarOne of the two points of an orbit, as of a

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apsides => apsides, apsidal => absidal, apse => vous, aprosos => à propos, apropos => à propos,