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    POINT OF APOAPSIS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbitedplay

    Synonyms:

    apoapsis; point of apoapsis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("point of apoapsis" is a kind of...):

    celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))

    Domain category:

    astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "point of apoapsis"):

    apogee (apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth)

    aphelion (apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun)

    apojove (apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter)

    apolune; aposelene (apoapsis in orbit around the moon)

    Holonyms ("point of apoapsis" is a part of...):

    celestial orbit; orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)

    Antonym:

    point of periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)

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