- In
celestial mechanics,
apsidal precession (or
apsidal advance) is the
precession (gradual rotation) of the line
connecting the
apsides (line of apsides)...
- In architecture, an apse (pl.: apses; from
Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from
Ancient Gr**** ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch';
sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides) is...
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axial precession is
westwards -
whereas Apsidal precession is in the same
direction as the
rotation (meaning
apsidal precession is eastward). This kind of...
- An apse chapel,
apsidal chapel, or
chevet is a
chapel in
traditional Christian church architecture,
which radiates tangentially from one of the bays or...
- planets. This is
called perihelion precession or
apsidal precession. In the
adjunct image, Earth's
apsidal precession is illustrated. As the
Earth travels...
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about a foot from the top of the Linga. Unusually, the
garbhagriha is
apsidal or semi-circular,
curving behind the linga. An
image of
Shiva in sthanaka...
- a
circular or
apsidal plan, and were
either rock-cut or freestanding.
Temples —built on elliptical, circular, quadrilateral, or
apsidal plans— were initially...
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roughly at the
center of the area. The
earliest structure at the site was an
apsidal building of
perhaps the late 9th century BCE,
which is
thought to resemble...
- precession),
while the Earth's
elliptical orbit around the Sun
rotates (
apsidal precession). The
combined effect of
precession with
eccentricity is that...
-
formal arrangement with the
elliptical (or ovoid)
arcade and the
grand tri-
apsidal hall. This hall was used for
entertainment and
relaxation for
special guests...
