Crossword-Solution: APSIDES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Apsides | n. pl. | See Apsis. |
| Apsides | pl. | of Apsis |
We have 3 clues for the answer “APSIDES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| POINTS on an orbit at maximum and minimum distance from the controlling body | 1 answer |
| Points in an orbit. | 1 answer |
| Points in the moon's orbit. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with APSIDES (5)
The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
Any persons whom it could please could have no better notion of what the words referred to signify than of the meaning of apsides and asymptotes.
APSIS, plural _apsides_, the line joining the aphelion and perihelion points; or the major axis of elliptical orbits.
From the north and south faces of both rooms are semi-circular apsides, projecting 6 feet 6 inches, containing the Collimator piers and the vertical openings for observation.
Thirdly, the variations in the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, combined with the precession of the equinoxes and the rotation of the apsides, may be regarded as operative.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1958–1964).