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Webster 1913 Edition
Apsis
‖
Ap′sis
(ăp′sĭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Apsides
(ăp′sĭ-dēz)
. See
Apse
. [L.
apsis
, absis
, Gr. ἁψίς
, ἁψῖδος
, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. ἄπτειν
to fasten.] 1.
(Astron.)
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.
2.
(Math.)
In a curve referred to polar coördinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apsis
AP'SIS
,Noun.
1.
In astronomy, the apsides are the two points of a planet's orbit, which are at the greatest and least distance from the sun or earth; the most distant point is the aphelion, or apogee; the least distant, the perihelion or perigee. The line connecting these is called the line of the apsides.2.
Apsis or absis is the arched roof of a house, room or oven; also the ring or compass of a wheel.3.
In ecclesiastical writers, an inner part of a church, where the altar was placed, and where the clergy sat, answering to the choir and standing opposite to the nave. Also, the bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches; called also exedra and tribune. This same name was given to a reliquary or case in which the relics of saints were kept.Definition 2024
āpsis
āpsis
Latvian
Āpsis
Noun
āpsis m (2nd declension)
- badger (name of several species of Mustelids, especiallyl Meles meles)
- āpša āda ― badger skin
- āpšu alas ― badger burrow
- dzīvot kā āpsim alā ― to live like a badger in his burrow (= without paying attention to the lives of others)
Declension
Declension of āpsis (2nd declension)
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “āpsis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7