apsis

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæpsɪs/

apsis (plural apsides or apses)

1. (architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.
2. (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

• AISPs, IASPs, aspis

Internationalism (see English apsis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑpsis/, [ˈɑ̝ps̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpsis
• Syllabification^(key): ap‧sis

apsis

1. (rare) An apse (architectural element).

• kuori

• passi, pissa