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Apsn.

Brit. /aps/, U.S. /æps/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Apus n.; English Apodis.
Etymology: Shortened < Apus n. (and partly also < its genitive form Apodis: see Apus n. 1), originally as a graphic abbreviation.
Astronomy.
The southern constellation Apus. Chiefly as postmodifier, designating a star of this constellation.
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1922 Trans. Internat. Astron. Union 1 158 The following resolutions were adopted [at the first General Assembly of the IAU]: (1) The exclusive use of the Latin names of the constellations. (2) The adoption of the three-letter abbreviations proposed by Profs. Hertzsprung and Russell for the representation of the 88 principal constellations... Aps Apus.
1975 V. E. Sherwood & L. Plaut Variable Stars & Stellar Evol. ii. 129 In the case of S Aps, minima [of brightness] normally tend to recur at intervals of about 1290 days.
1995 Astron. & Astrophysics 294 764/1 Spectra of other RCB stars were taken for comparison; all at normal light except for S Aps.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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APS n. Photography Advanced Photo or (Photographic) System, a film system in which film of 24 mm width is enclosed in a cartridge for easy loading into a compatible camera, the image produced on the negative being 30·2 × 16·7 mm in size.A distinctive feature of APS is the ability to record information such as shutter speed, aperture setting, or the date the photograph was taken, in addition to the image. A typical APS camera can also record which of the three formats (of differing aspect ratio) supported by the system an image should be printed in.APS is a proprietary name in the United States.
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1994 Science 3 Sept. 22/1 All five companies involved..have pledged not to disclose any details about the film, called the advanced photographic system (APS).
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Oct. (Suppl.) 17 APS (Advanced Photo System) was perhaps film's last stand, with its choice of three formats including a 3:1 panoramic.
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