apside

English

Noun

apside (plural apsides)

  1. (astronomy) 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;

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French

Noun

apside f (plural apsides)

  1. (astronomy) apsis

Italian

Noun

apside m (plural apsidi)

  1. (astronomy) apsis

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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)
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