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line of apsidesnoun(geometry, astronomy) Synonym of apse line.
apsenoun(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
apapsisnounAlternative form of apoapsis. [(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.]
apoapsisnoun(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
antapexnoun(astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex
aponigriconnoun(astronomy) Apoapsis around a black hole.
apoastronnoun(astronomy) Alternative form of apastron. [(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.]
apogeenoun(figuratively) The highest point.
periapsisnoun(astronomy, astrophysics) The point of a body's (elliptical) orbit in a 2-body gravitational system such that the distance between the two bodies (measured from their respective centres of mass) is at its minimum.
aposaturniumnoun(astronomy) Apoapsis around Saturn
apexnounThe highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
apofocusnoun(astronomy) apocenter, apobaryon
apojovenoun(astronomy) apoapsis around Jupiter
apse linenoun(astronomy) An imaginary line defined by an orbit's eccentricity vector. For such orbits the apse line is found: for elliptical orbits – between the orbit's periapsis and apoapsis (also known as the major axis) for parabolic and hyperbolic orbits – between the orbit's periapsis and focus.
aspherenounAn aspherical object, usually a lens.
pseudoaxisnoun(crystallography) A pseudosymmetric axis.
apastronnoun(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
apocynthionnoun(astronomy) The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
astropausenoun(astronomy) The stellar equivalent of the heliopause
apocentrenounAlternative form of apocenter. [(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)]

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