apsis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈæpsɪs/
Etymology
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
Meanings
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A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
- Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| apsides | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
synapsis · periapsis · apoapsis
Synonyms
Translations (22)
fr apside (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · pl absyda (architecture: apse) · sv absid (architecture: apse) · de Apsis (architecture: apse) · pl apsyda (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · es ápside (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · ru апси́да (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · it apside (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · ga cúlbhá (architecture: apse) · de Apsis (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · ca àpside (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · sk apsida (architecture: apse) · fr abside (architecture: apse) · fi kuori (architecture: apse) · pt apside (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · ga aipsis (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · pl absyda (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · fi apsidi (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · sk apsida (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit) · pl apsyda (architecture: apse) · fi absidi (architecture: apse) · fi apsis (architecture: apse)