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apsis
apsis is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
- 2noun
In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
- 3noun
Same as Apse.
- 4noun
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
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