afélium

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

afélium n

  1. aphelion (the point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the sun)
    Synonym: odsluní
    Antonym: perihélium

Declension

Declension of afélium (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative afélium afélia
genitive afélia afélií
dative aféliu aféliím
accusative afélium afélia
vocative afélium afélia
locative aféliu aféliích
instrumental aféliem afélii

Further reading

  • “afelium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “afélium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
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