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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APHELION

From New Latin aphēlium (with pseudo-Greek ending -ion) from ap- + Greek hēlios sun.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APHELION

aphelion  [æpˈhiːlɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APHELION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aphelion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APHELION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aphelion

Apsis

An apsis (Greek ἁψίς, gen. ἁψίδος), plural apsides (/ˈæpsɨdiːz/; Greek: ἁψίδες), is a point of greatest or least distance of a body in an elliptic orbit about a larger body. For a body orbiting the Sun the greatest and least distance points are called respectively aphelion and perihelion (/æpˈhiːliən/, /ˌpɛrɨˈhiːliən/), whereas for any satellite of Earth including the Moon the corresponding points are apogee and perigee (/ˈpɛrɨdʒiː/). The generic suffix, independent of the particular central body, can be either apsis or centre, hence apoapsis, apocentre or apapsis (from ἀπ(ό) (ap(ó)), meaning "from"), and periapsis or pericentre (from περί (peri), meaning "around"). During the Apollo program, the terms pericynthion and apocynthion (referencing Cynthia, an alternative name for the Greek Moon goddess Artemis) were used when referring to the Moon. A straight line connecting the periapsis and apoapsis is the line of apsides. This is the major axis of the ellipse, its greatest diameter.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APHELION


anthelion
æntˈhiːlɪən
aphelian
æpˈhiːlɪən
Aristotelian
ˌærɪstəˈtiːlɪən
Aurelian
ɔːˈriːlɪən
Caelian
ˈsiːlɪən
Chamaeleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
chameleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
cornelian
kɔːˈniːlɪən
Delian
ˈdiːlɪən
epitrachelion
ˌɛpɪtrəˈkiːlɪən
Karelian
kəˈriːlɪən
Mendelian
mɛnˈdiːlɪən
Mephistophelian
ˌmefɪstəˈfiːlɪən
Mingrelian
mɪŋˈɡriːlɪən
mycelian
maɪˈsiːlɪən
paranthelion
ˌpæræntˈhiːlɪən
parhelion
pɑːˈhiːlɪən
Pelion
ˈpiːlɪən
perihelion
ˌpɛrɪˈhiːlɪən
Swahilian
swɑːˈhiːlɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APHELION

aphakia
aphanipterous
aphanite
aphanitic
aphasia
aphasiac
aphasic
aphelandra
aphelia
aphelian
apheliotropic
apheliotropism
apheresis
apheretic
aphesis
aphetic
aphetically
aphetize
aphicide
aphid

WORDS THAT END LIKE APHELION

battalion
billion
bullion
dandelion
Heraklion
lion
medallion
million
mountain lion
multimillion
obelion
pavilion
rebellion
stallion
the Great Rebellion
trillion
triskelion
vermilion
vermillion
zillion

Synonyms and antonyms of aphelion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aphelion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APHELION

Find out the translation of aphelion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aphelion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aphelion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

远日点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afelio
570 millions of speakers

English

aphelion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नक्षत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأوج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

афелий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afélio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপসূর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aphélie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aphelion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aphel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遠日点
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원일점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aphelion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm viễn nhật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Aphelion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

afel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

afelio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aphelion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

афелій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afeliu
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αφήλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aphelion
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aphelium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Aphelion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aphelion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APHELION»

The term «aphelion» is normally little used and occupies the 115.248 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APHELION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aphelion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APHELION»

Discover the use of aphelion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aphelion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aphelion
Aphelion is about distances, simultaneously belonging to two countries but being rooted in neither.
Jenna Butler, 2010
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Aphelion
APHELION tales from the dark recesses an antholog of short stories including ERERE from the Rainbow Award Nominated series The Garden Andy Frankham' Allen APHELION: Tales from the Dark Recesses by Andy Frankham-AlIen First.
Andy Frankham-Allen
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Aphelion
Esme's neice Byrne and Byrne's daughter, the widowed Lucetta, are succumbing to their own lonely fate. All four seem destined to live in a perpetual aphelion, pulled down by dark regrets and lost love.
Emily Ballou, 2007
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The Harmony of the World
But by the a priori arguments the motion at aphelion, not of Venus, but of the Earth, was close to the harmony of several diapasons which had to be established with the motion of Saturn at aphelion. For multiply together into a single product ...
Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, Alistair Matheson Duncan, 1997
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Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective
The aphelion distances of seventeen short-period comets in Science Brief 22.8c range from 4.2 AU (Encke) to about 47 AU (Swift-Tuttle) and form a multi-modal array. Most of these comets have aphelion distances that scatter above and below ...
Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, 2007
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The Rage of the Aphelion: no data
The Rage of the Aphelion is a collection of poetic works that typify the world as it is within these trying and ever-changing times of economic disparity, and the very glorification of our presence on Earth as we move into the most advanced ...
Jeffrey B. Holl, 2011
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
Let R and r denote the lengths of the larger and smaller arms respectively, and let the line joining the position of the sun and the centre of the concentric tubes, considered as the origin of co-ordinates, be taken for the axis of x. The aphelion of ...
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Universal Technological Dictionary: Or, Familiar ...
Aphelion. Aphelion is a point in the orbit of a planet which is at the greatest distance from the sun, as in plate 1 8, fig. 27, where S represents the sun in the focus, round which, as its centre, the planet P describes the ellipse A P B, then A is the ...
George Crabb, 1823
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Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy
It produces progression of the apsides from perihelion to aphelion, and regression from aphelion to perihelion, when positive; and the contrary when negative.—The principle here announced, which is of considerable importance, may be ...
Dionysius Lardner, 1854
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Philosophical Magazine
Table I. — Comets whose Aphelion Distances tire nearly equal to 5*20, the Radius of Jupiter's Orbit. Table II. — Comets whose Aphelion Distances are nearly equal to 9"54, the Radius of Saturn's Orbit. Table III. — Comets whose Aphelion ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APHELION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aphelion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Today marks Earth's farthest orbital point away from the sun
Today is the Aphelion, otherwise known as the point when the Earth is farthest away from the sun during our annual orbit. We're 94.5 million ... «KERO 23ABC News, Jul 15»
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Washington, DC Weather Forecast: Showers and storms start the …
*Aphelion occurs today at 3:41 p.m. EDT. Aphelion is the point when the Earth is farthest from the sun.*. Stay with StormWatch7 via ABC7 News ... «WJLA, Jul 15»
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John Switzer commentary: Scarce last year, red-admiral butterfly …
The almanac also says that on Monday, the Earth will be at aphelion — its farthest point from the sun in its orbit. The sun is 7 percent dimmer ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Skywatch: July 5-11
Monday: At 2:41 p.m., Earth is at aphelion, the furthest point from the sun in its orbit. Earth's orbit is a not quite a perfect circle, thus the distance ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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Holiday forecast: Mostly sunny today, rain Saturday afternoon, evening
Happy Aphelion Day! What does that mean? Well, on this 3rd day of July the sun is at its highest point in the sky over the Northern Hemisphere ... «FOX CT, Jul 15»
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George Palathinkal Cleared Of All Charges By Federal Court
The case was filed by the SEC against Aphelion Fund Management and its two top executives Vineet Kalucha and Palathinkal alleging that Kalucha had altered ... «newsindiatimes.com, Jul 15»
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Indian American CFO of Aphelion Fund Management George …
WASHINGTON, DC: The Chief Financial Officer of Aphelion Fund Management, based in New York, George Palathinkal, has been absolved of ... «The American Bazaar, Jul 15»
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Star Trak: July 2015
On July 6, Earth will reach its greatest distance from the sun for the year, called aphelion. Those sweltering in summer heat in the Northern ... «IU Bloomington Newsroom, Jul 15»
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Leap second added to clocks
Being furthest from the source of the heat while feeling so hot may be counterintuitive until we realize that the change between aphelion (the ... «Ironcountytoday, Jul 15»
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See Pluto for Yourself Ahead of New Horizons' Historic Encounter
Pluto's distance from the Sun varies from 30 AU to 49 AU, and Pluto will reach aphelion just under a century from now on 2114. Image credit;. «Universe Today, Jun 15»

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