different between apse vs apsidally

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Etymology 1

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ???? (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ???? (hápt?, “I bind, join”).

Noun

apse (plural apses)

1. (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
2. The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
3. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
4. (astronomy, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Apse.

Etymology 2

Noun

apse (plural apses)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree.

Anagrams

• EAPs, EPAs, PEAs, Paes, Peas, SEPA, apes, pase, peas, spae

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *apse, from Proto-Indo-European *aps?, from *(H)osp-, already the name of the same tree. Cognates include Lithuanian ?puš?, dialectal ãpuš?, apuš??, Old Prussian abse, Proto-Slavic *o(p)sa (Russian ?????? (osína), Ukrainian ?????? (osýna), Belarusian ?????? (asína), all from earlier *o(p)sina, Bulgarian ?????? (osíka), Czech dialectal and Polish osa, osina), Old High German aspa, Middle High German aspe, German Espe, Old Norse ?sp, English asp, Swedish asp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aps?]

Noun

apse f (5th declension)

1. aspen tree (esp. Populus tremula)

Declension

References

Anagrams

• pase

English

Etymology

apsidal +? -ly

Adverb

apsidally (comparative more apsidally, superlative most apsidally)

1. (architecture) With regard to or by means of an apse or apses

   The roof was terminated apsidally.

2. (astrophysics) With regard to or in relation to an apsis, the point at which an orbiting object is at its minimum or maximum distance from the orbited object

   The planet's orbit is aspidally aligned with the dust disk.