different between centre vs periapsis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sen.t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n.t?/, [?s?.???]
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): [?s????]
• Hyphenation: cen?tre
• Rhymes: -?nt?(r)
• Homophone: sinner (pin-pen merger)
• Homophone: center

Noun

centre (plural centres)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of center

Translations

Anagrams

• Center, center, recent, tenrec

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron), from ??????? (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?sen.t??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sen.t?e/

Noun

centre m (plural centres)

1. center (point in the interior of a circle)
2. center (middle portion of something)
3. center (place where some function or activity occurs)
4. center (topic that is particularly important)
5. downtown (business center of a city)

Derived terms

Related terms

• central
• cèntric

Further reading

• “centre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “centre” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “centre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “centre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Adverb

centre

1. centrally

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kéntron, “sharp point”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??t?/
  • (FR) IPA^(key): [s??t?], [s??t?]

Noun

centre m (plural centres)

1. centre, center
2. (soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “centre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• créent
• récent

Portuguese

Verb

centre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of centrar
3. first-person singular imperative of centrar
4. third-person singular imperative of centrar

Spanish

Verb

centre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of centrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of centrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of centrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of centrar.

English

Etymology

peri- +? apsis

Noun

periapsis (plural periapsides)

1. (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 minimum.

Usage notes

In the case of some particular celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.

Synonyms

• pericenter

Antonyms

• apoapsis

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Apsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?peri?psis/, [?pe?ri??ps?is?]
• Rhymes: -?psis
• Syllabification: pe?ri?ap?sis

Noun

periapsis

1. (astronomy) periapsis

Declension