apoapsis
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
apoapsis (plural apoapsides or apoapsises or apoapses)
- (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
Usage notes[edit]
For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
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Related terms[edit]
- apastron
- aphelion
- apoareion
- apocenter
- apocynthion
- apocytherion
- apogalacticon
- apogee
- apohermion
- apojove
- apokrone, apokron
- apolune
- aponigricon
- aposaturnium
- aposelene
Translations[edit]
point of a body's elliptical orbit
See also[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English apoapsis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
apoapsis
Declension[edit]
Inflection of apoapsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | apoapsis | apoapsikset | ||
genitive | apoapsiksen | apoapsisten apoapsiksien | ||
partitive | apoapsista | apoapsiksia | ||
illative | apoapsikseen | apoapsiksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | apoapsis | apoapsikset | ||
accusative | nom. | apoapsis | apoapsikset | |
gen. | apoapsiksen | |||
genitive | apoapsiksen | apoapsisten apoapsiksien | ||
partitive | apoapsista | apoapsiksia | ||
inessive | apoapsiksessa | apoapsiksissa | ||
elative | apoapsiksesta | apoapsiksista | ||
illative | apoapsikseen | apoapsiksiin | ||
adessive | apoapsiksella | apoapsiksilla | ||
ablative | apoapsikselta | apoapsiksilta | ||
allative | apoapsikselle | apoapsiksille | ||
essive | apoapsiksena | apoapsiksina | ||
translative | apoapsikseksi | apoapsiksiksi | ||
abessive | apoapsiksetta | apoapsiksitta | ||
instructive | — | apoapsiksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Categories:
- English terms prefixed with apo-
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Astronomy
- en:Orbits
- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpsis
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpsis/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Astronomy
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals