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noun
- A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east-end of a church that contains the altar.
- (astronomy, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
- (obsolete, or, dialectal) In some local dialects and in archaic usage, an aspen tree.
Etymology:
- From the Latin apsis; from the Greek ', (h)apsis, from the verb ', haptein, meaning 'to fasten'.
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