apsis

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

ábside

ápside

apoastro

ábsida

apside

abside

Sinónimos

apse

chancel

concha

exedra

periastron

recess

lower apse

Traducciones

apside

Apsis

abside

αψίδα

ábside

apside

Apside

abside

κόγχη

àpside

apside

apsis

abside

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæpsɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

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