apoapsis, point of apoapsis
(noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apoapsis (plural apoapsides)
(astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
• apocenter
• periapsis
Source: Wiktionary
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
