aphelium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin aphelium.
Noun[edit]
aphelium
- (obsolete) Synonym of aphelion
- 1715, David Gregory, The Elements of Aſtronomy, Physical and Geometrical, volume I, London: […] J. Nicholson […], page 147:
- Wherefore a Planet, whoſe Orbit is an Ellipſe, having the Sun for a Focus, muſt neceſſarily be urged, even in its aſcent from the Sun, from the Perihelium to the Aphelium, by a Force tending to the Sun, fince an Ellipſe is concave towards both Foci.
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin aphelium, from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (modelled after apogaeum). Compare perihelion.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aphelium n (plural aphelia)
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
aphelium n (definite singular apheliet, indefinite plural aphelier, definite plural aphelia or apheliene)
- alternative form of aphel
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
aphelium n (definite singular apheliet, indefinite plural aphelium, definite plural aphelia)
- alternative form of aphel
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