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Etymology

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, arch, vault). See also apse.

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Noun

apsis (plural apsides or apses)

  1. (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
    • 2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96:
      Like Henry's collegiate church [] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
  2. (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English apsis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpsis/, [ˈɑ̝ps̠is̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpsis
  • Syllabification(key): ap‧sis
  • Hyphenation(key): ap‧sis

Noun

apsis (rare)

  1. An apse (architectural element).

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See also: Apsis and āpsis
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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís).

Noun

apsis f (genitive apsīdis); third declension

  1. arch, vault

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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