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Apsides
Apsides Ap"si*des, n. pl. See Apsis.
Apsides
Apsis Ap"sis ([a^]p"s[i^]s), n.; pl. Apsides ([a^]p"s[i^]*d[=e]z). See Apse. [L. apsis, absis, Gr. "apsi`s, "apsi^dos, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. "a`ptein to fasten.] 1. (Astron.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides. 2. (Math.) In a curve referred to polar co["o]rdinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum. 3. (Arch.) Same as Apse.
Lapsided
Lapsided Lap"sid`ed, a. See Lopsided.

Meaning of Apside from wikipedia

- pl. apsides /ˈæpsɪˌdiːz/ AP-sih-deez) is the ****hest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. The line of apsides (also...
- An apse line, or line of apsides, is an imaginary line defined by an orbit's eccentricity vector. It is strictly defined for elliptic, parabolic, and...
- one revolution with respect to its apsides. The orbit of the Earth is elliptical; the extreme points, called apsides, are the perihelion, where the Earth...
- apses, apsis, apside, apsides, or apsidal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The apse or apsis or apside (plural: apses or apsides) are architectural...
- from Ancient Gr**** ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome...
- (gradual rotation) of the line connecting the apsides (line of apsides) of an astronomical body's orbit. The apsides are the orbital points ****hest (apoapsis)...
- effects related to the relativity of direction. In general relativity, the apsides of any orbit (the point of the orbiting body's closest approach to the...
- Shape Size e  Eccentricity a  Semi-major axis b  Semi-minor axis Q, q  Apsides Orientation i  Inclination Ω  Longitude of the ascending node ω  Argument...
- problem; how the Moon rotates on its apsides. Even Newton could account for only half of the motion of the apsides. This issue had puzzled astronomers...
- fixed. In particular, the position of the extreme points (the line of the apsides: perigee and apogee), rotates once (apsidal precession) in about 3,233 days...