Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word APSIS
APSIS
Definitions of APSIS
- (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
- (astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using APSIS in a Sentence
- For specific types of orbits, terms such as argument of perihelion (for heliocentric orbits), argument of perigee (for geocentric orbits), argument of periastron (for orbits around stars), and so on, may be used (see apsis for more information).
- For example, both Khandakhadyaka and Surya Siddhanta of Varaha state that Shani completes 146,564 revolutions on its own axis every 4,320,000 earth years, an Epicycle of Apsis as 60 degrees, and had an apogee (aphelia) of 240 degrees in 499 CE; while another manuscript of Soorya Siddhantha revises the revolutions to 146,568, the apogee to 236 degrees and 37 seconds and the Epicycle to about 49 degrees.
- Its apsis mosaic dates to the 6th century and shows Christ in a black robe with gold lati clavi, which on Roman garments indicated high rank, seated on an orb representing the heavens and flanked by Peter and Paul and by the two martyrs Theodore (a later addition, from Nicholas V's restoration) and Cleonicus.
- André Fabre – Fadeyev (1993), Housamix (1994), Pinakaral (1998), Songlark (2002), Apsis (2003), Thewayyouare (2007), Earnshaw (2013), Alea Iacta (2014), Candide (2015), Dreamflight (2021), Alcantor (2023).
- His best winners included Tobougg, Stotsfold (Brigadier Gerard Stakes), Enrique (Greenham Stakes), Tante Rose, Barshiba (Lancashire Oaks), Apsis (Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord), Barathea Guest (Greenham Stakes), Sina Cova (Noblesse Stakes), Silk Blossom (Lowther Stakes), Hazarista (Blue Wind Stakes) and Opera Cape (Solario Stakes).
- These SISes include: Aboriginal Archives (SISAA); Access and Privacy (APSIS); Climate Records and Information (CRISIS); Government Records (GRSIS); Municipal Archives (MASIS); Personal Archives (SISPA); Religious Archives (RASIS); Social Justice (SJSIS); Technology and Archives (TaASIS); and University and College Archives (UCASIS).
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