Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to an apocenter, in either sense.
- Departing more or less from the primitive or average type; specifically, in ornithology, departing from the primitive type of intestine.
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- adjective astrophysics Of or pertaining to the
apocenter , the point in anorbit which is furthest from the orbited body
Etymologies
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apo- + centric
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n. - point in orbit opposite centre of attraction. apocentric, adj. different from archetype. apocentricity, n.
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