апсида

Via some western language, ultimately from the oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “vault, arch”) (gen. ἁψῖδος (hapsîdos)).

• IPA^(key): [ɐpˈsidɐ]

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апси́да • (apsída) f (relational adjective апси́ден)

1. (architecture) apse (semicircular recess covered with a vault or semi-dome)
2. (astronomy) apsis (point within an elliptical orbit with optimal distance to the focal body)

   апоапсида ― apoapsida ― farthest point within orbit to the focal body

   периапсида ― periapsida ― nearest point within orbit to the focal body

• абси́да (absída) (dated)

• for heliocentric orbits: афелий (afelij, “aphelion”), перихелий (perihelij, “perihelion”)
• for geocentric orbits: апогей (apogej, “apogee”), перигей (perigej, “perigee”)
• for selenocentric orbits: апоселен (aposelen, “aposelene”), периселен (periselen, “periselene”)

• апти́чен (aptíčen, “haptic, related to touch”)

• “апсида”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “апсида”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [ˈapsida]

апсида • (apsida) f

1. apse

• абси́да (absída)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís).

• IPA^(key): [ɐpˈsʲidə]

апси́да • (apsída) f inan (genitive апси́ды, nominative plural апси́ды, genitive plural апси́д)

1. apse, apsis, exedra

From Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís).

• IPA^(key): /ǎpsida/
• Hyphenation: а‧пси‧да

а̀псида f (Latin spelling àpsida)

1. apse

• “апсида”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025