apoapsis
English
Etymology
Alternative forms
Noun
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
For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related terms
- apastron
- aphelion
- apoareion
- apocenter
- apocynthion
- apogalacticon
- apogee
- apohermion
- apojove
- apokrone, apokron
- apolune
- aponigricon
- aposaturnium
- aposelene
Translations
point of a body's elliptical orbit
See also
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
apoapsis
Declension
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
- 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