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apocentre

apocentre is the alternative form of apocenter.

Meaning of apocenter

Noun

apocenter (plural apocenters)

  1. The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
    Synonyms:
    apofocus, apobaryon

Forms of apocentre

pluralapocentres

Questions about apocentre

What is apocentre the alternative form of?
Apocentre is the alternative form of apocenter.

Words near apocentre in the dictionary

  1. apocatastases
  2. apocatastasis
  3. apocatastatic
  4. apocenter
  5. apocenters
  6. apocentre
  7. apocentres
  8. apocentric
  9. apocentricity
  10. apocentromeric
  11. apoceruloplasmin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apocentre (page history and authors); apocenter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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