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Definition of Apsides
1. n. pl. See Apsis.
Definition of Apsides
1. Noun. (plural of apside) ¹
2. Noun. (plural of apsis) ¹
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Definition of Apsides
1. apsis [n] - See also: apsis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apsides
Literary usage of Apsides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics by Forest Ray Moulton (1914)
"moon is near apogee and the sun near the line of apsides, the normal component
makes the apsides advance. This advance tends to preserve the relation of the ..."
2. An Elementary Treatise on Dynamics: Containing Applications to by Benjamin Williamson, Francis Alexander Tarleton (1889)
"Again, in moving from A to I/, the disturbing force stiff acting inwards, it is
easily seen that the line of apsides advances, and the eccentricity ..."
3. A Treatise on Astronomy by Elias Loomis (1893)
"The apsides of the earth's orbit.—The points of perihelion and aphelion of the
earth's orbit, are called by the common name of apsides. ..."
4. An Elementary Astronomy for Academies and Schools: Illustrated by Numerous by Hiram Mattison (1849)
"At the close of Lesson 73, we promised in this chapter to speak of the motion or
revolution of the moon's apsides. The apsides of the moon's orbit are her ..."
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