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Word: apse (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • architecture A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
  • obsolete The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
  • or|dialectal In some local dialects and in archaic usage, an aspen tree.

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