Apside

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of apsis.

    "The phenomena which Sirius presented about 1841, that being according to Peters (confirmed by the results above) the time of the passage of the lower apside, are sufficiently remarkable;"

  2. 2
    Synonym of apse.

Example

More examples

"The phenomena which Sirius presented about 1841, that being according to Peters (confirmed by the results above) the time of the passage of the lower apside, are sufficiently remarkable;"

Etymology

Back-formation from apsides, from Ancient Greek ἁψῖδες (hapsîdes, “apsides”), plural of ἁψίς (hapsís).

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