Greek Meaning of apsis
αψίδα
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Definitions and Meaning of apsis in English
apsis (n)
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
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.
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αψίδα
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 => αψίδες, apsidal => αψιδωτός, apse => εσείς, aprosos => παρεμπιπτόντως, apropos => παρεμπιπτόντως,