Apsis is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for APSIS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the point at which a heavenly body is most or least distant from the centre of attraction
• either of two points on the orbit of a planet or satellite that are nearest to or furthest from the body round which it moves.
• points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or satellite
• 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.
• In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
• Same as Apse.
• a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an apse

Words related to APSIS

apsidal10 apsides10

Words that contain APSIS

apoapsis12 synapsis13 asynapsis14 periapsis13 zoothapsis24 parasynapsis19

How to use APSIS in a sentence

• 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.
• The nave is divided into five aisles, and the main one, opening into the apsis, is spanned by a lofty arch supported by two colossal columns.
• It has two small transepts at the extremity of the nave, on each side of the apsis.
• It has an altar and an apsis, but it is adapted to preaching rather than to singing.
• The earliest example of a more animated treatment is, perhaps, the figure in the apsis of St.
• The next in date which remains visible, is the group in the apsis of S.
• On the eastern side of each transept is a small chapel, ending, like the choir, in a semi-circular apsis, which rises no higher than the top of the basement story.
• But the choir and apsis were previously of a different aera from the rest of the edifice.
• The tomb is in the wall, behind a range of pillars, which form a kind of open screen round the apsis.
• A large part of the left side of the apsis is repainted, of the four bishops between the windows of the tribune the head of Ecclesius is preserved, the lower part repainted.

Similar words containing APSI without suffix s

capsid11 apsidal10 apsides10 capsids12 capsize20 diapsid11 lapsing10 apoapsis12 capsicin14 capsicum16 capsidal13 capsizal21 capsized22 capsizes21 diapsids12 elapsing11 lapsible12 steapsin10 synapsid14 synapsis13 trapsing11 apsidiole12 asynapsis14 capsicins15 capsicums17 capsizals22 capsizing23 delapsing13 delapsion12 illapsing12 periapsis13 relapsing12 steapsins11 synapsids15 synapsing15 therapsid15 apoapsides15 apsidioles13 capsizable25 collapsing15 delapsions13 prolapsing15 therapsids16 triapsidal13 zoothapsis24 collapsible17 nucleocapsid19 parasynapsis19 tapsieteerie14 uncapsizable27 nucleocapsids20 tapsieteeries15 collapsibility23 collapsibilitie21 collapsibilities22

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