English Explanatory Dictionary

apoapsis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

apoapsis apoapsides apoapsises apoapses apapsis

Etymology

From apo- + apsis.

Synonyms

apocenter apoapse

Antonyms

periapsis

Related words

apastron aphelion apoareion apocenter apocynthion apocytherion apogalacticon apogee apohermion apojove apokrone apokron apolune aponigricon aposaturnium aposelene
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