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n.
That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
n.
One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
a.
Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.
n.
An operation by which any part is separated from the rest.
a.
Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc.
v. t.
To shorten by aphesis.
n.
Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.
pl.
of Aphelion
n.
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
n.
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
n.
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.
n.
That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
n.
An aphetized form of a word.
n.
The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
n.
Same as Apheresis.
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