apoapsis
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[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]point of a body's elliptical orbit
See also
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English apoapsis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑpoɑpsis/, [ˈɑ̝po̞ˌɑ̝ps̠is̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑpsis
- Syllabification(key): a‧po‧ap‧sis
- Hyphenation(key): apo‧ap‧sis
Noun
[edit]apoapsis
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of apoapsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- en:Orbits
- Finnish internationalisms
- 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