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Word: apsis (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • architecture A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
  • astronomy Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside

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