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English
Etymology
Back-formation from apsides, from Ancient Greek ἁψῖδες (hapsîdes, “apsides”), plural of ἁψίς (hapsís).
Noun
apside (plural apsides)
- (astronomy) Synonym of apsis
1862, Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, volume 22:The phenomena which Sirius presented about 1841, that being according to Peters (confirmed by the results above) the time of the passage of the lower apside, are sufficiently remarkable;
- (architecture) Synonym of apse
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
apside f (plural apsides)
- (astronomy) apsis
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Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
apside m (plural apsidi)
- (astronomy) apsis
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Portuguese
Noun
apside f (plural apsides)
- (astronomy) apsis (point in elliptical orbit when a body is closest or furthest from the sun)