apsis

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
2. 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

Konzepte

Apsis

Apside

Abstandspunkt

Altarnische

Synonyme

apse

chancel

concha

exedra

periastron

recess

lower apse

Übersetzungen

apside

abside

ábside

ápside

ábside

αψίδα

abside

apside

κόγχη

abside

àpside

apside

apsis

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈæpsɪs/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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