depinisyon kahulugan
Browse Dictionary Definitions  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
doc Definition of apsis
    English to English
    noun
  • a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • 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.
  • source: Webster 1913
Nearby Word