apoapsis
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English
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Etymology
Noun
apoapsis (plural apoapsides or apoapsises or apoapses)
- (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.
Usage notes
For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
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Antonyms
Related terms
- apastron
- aphelion
- apoareion
- apocenter
- apocynthion
- apocytherion
- apogalacticon
- apogee
- apohermion
- apojove
- apokrone, apokron
- apolune
- aponigricon
- aposaturnium
- aposelene
Translations
point of a body's elliptical orbit
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English apoapsis).
Pronunciation
Noun
apoapsis
Declension
| Inflection of apoapsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | apoapsis | apoapsikset | |
| genitive | apoapsiksen | apoapsisten apoapsiksien | |
| partitive | apoapsista | apoapsiksia | |
| illative | apoapsikseen | apoapsiksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | apoapsis | apoapsikset | |
| accusative | nom. | apoapsis | apoapsikset |
| gen. | apoapsiksen | ||
| genitive | apoapsiksen | apoapsisten apoapsiksien | |
| partitive | apoapsista | apoapsiksia | |
| inessive | apoapsiksessa | apoapsiksissa | |
| elative | apoapsiksesta | apoapsiksista | |
| illative | apoapsikseen | apoapsiksiin | |
| adessive | apoapsiksella | apoapsiksilla | |
| ablative | apoapsikselta | apoapsiksilta | |
| allative | apoapsikselle | apoapsiksille | |
| essive | apoapsiksena | apoapsiksina | |
| translative | apoapsikseksi | apoapsiksiksi | |
| abessive | apoapsiksetta | apoapsiksitta | |
| instructive | — | apoapsiksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||