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apse|æps|
Pl. apses |ˈæpsɪz|.
[ad. L. apsis: cf. basis, base, axis, axe, etc. See apsis.]
1. Arch. A semi-circular or polygonal recess, arched or dome-roofed, in a building, esp. at the end of the choir, aisles, or nave of a church. Cf. apsis 3.
1846in Parker Concise Gloss. Arch. 1849Freeman Archit. 155 The altar was placed at the end of the nave, on the chord of the apse. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 329 Behind this, occupying the apse, was an organ.
2. Astr. = apsis 2.
1822J. Imison Sci. & Art II. 427 The two points in a planet's orbit..furthest and nearest to the body round which it moves, are called the apses, or apsides. 1879Lockyer Elem. Astron. ix. xlix. 307 The apses, or extremities of the major axis—the aphelion or perihelion points. |