apsides
- plural of apsis.
Example Sentences
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The line of the apsides has a slow forward angular motion in the plane of the planet's orbit, being retrograde only in the case of Venus.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
They are called the lower or nearer, and the higher or more distant apsides respectively.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
And, we might also ask, why the tangential resistance to the comet of Encke should not also produce a retrograde motion in the apsides of the orbit, instead of diminishing its period?
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas
