apside
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from apsides, from Ancient Greek [Term?] (“apsides”) (plural form), from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís) (singular form)
Noun edit
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
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
apsis — see apsis
apse — see apse
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
apside f (plural apsides)
Further reading edit
- “apside”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apside m (plural apsidi)
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Noun edit
apside f (plural apsides)