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APOAPSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
Synonyms:
apoapsis; point of apoapsis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("apoapsis" is a kind of...):
celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apoapsis"):
apogee (apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth)
aphelion (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun)
apojove (apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter)
apolune; aposelene (apoapsis in orbit around the moon)
Holonyms ("apoapsis" is a part of...):
celestial orbit; orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
Antonym:
periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)
