Crossword-Solution: APSIS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Apsis | n. | 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. |
| Apsis | n. | In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum. |
| Apsis | n. | Same as Apse. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| APSIS | anagram | IPASS, PASIS, PISAS |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EORCNA
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COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with APSIS (5)
The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
They might chirp and chaffer, come and go For pleasure or profit, her men alive-- My business was hardly with them, I trow, But with empty cells of the human hive; --With the chapter-room, the cloister-porch, The church’s apsis, aisle or nave, Its crypt, one fingers along with a torch, Its face set full for the sun to shave.
This original church was modelled after the ancient Basilica, or hall of justice or of commerce: at one end was an elevated tribunal, and back of this what was called the "apsis,"--a rounded space with arched roof.
The apsis had no window, was vaulted, and its walls were covered with figures of Christ and of the saints, or of eminent Christians who in later times were canonized by the popes.
Between the apsis and the auditory, called the "nave," was the altar; for by this time the Church was borrowing names and emblems from the Jews and the old religions.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 90 times in crossword archives (1946–2018).