Russian Meaning of apsis

апсида

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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.

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апсида

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 => апсиды, apsidal => абсидальный, apse => вы, aprosos => кстати, apropos => кстати,