apsides
apsides is the plural of apside.
apsides is the plural of apsis.
apsides is the plural of apse.
Meaning of apside
Noun
apside (plural apsides)
- Synonym of apsis.
- 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;1862, Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, volume 22
- Synonyms:
- apsis
- Synonym of apse.
- Synonyms:
- apse
Meaning of apsis
Noun
apsis (plural apsides or apses)
- A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
- 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.2019, A Companion to Medieval Lübeck, page 96
- 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.
Origin of apsides
From Ancient Greek ἁψῖδες (hapsîdes, “apsides”) (plural form), from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís) (singular form). * apside + -s
Phrases with apsides
Questions about apsides
- What is apsides the plural of?
- Apsides is the plural of apside.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apsides (page history and authors); apside (page history and authors); apsis (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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