Origin: L. Apsis, absis, gr, a tying, fastening, the hoop of a wheel, the wheel, a bow, arch, vault, fr. To fasten.


2. (Science: mathematics) in a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.

3. Same as Apse.

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