apside

apside

English

Etymology

Back-formation from apsides, from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“apsides”) (plural form), from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís) (singular form)

Noun

apside (plural apsides)

1. (astronomy) Synonym of apsis
   • 1862, Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, volume 22:

     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. (architecture) Synonym of apse

Derived terms

• apsidal

 

Translations

apsis — see apsis

apse — see apse

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

apside f (plural apsides)

1. (astronomy) apsis

Further reading

• “apside”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

apside m (plural apsidi)

1. (astronomy) apsis

Anagrams

• aspide, dipesa, sapide

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Portuguese

Noun

apside f (plural apsides)

1. (astronomy) apsis (point in elliptical orbit when a body is closest or furthest from the sun)