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[ aps ]
noun
- Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- Astronomy. an apsis.
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/ æps; ˈæpsɪdəl; æpˈsaɪdəl /
noun
- Also calledapsis a domed or vaulted semicircular or polygonal recess, esp at the east end of a church
- astronomy another name for apsis
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Derived Forms
- apsidal, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹±è·²õ¾±Â·»å²¹±ô [ap, -si-dl], adjective
- ²¹±ès¾±Â·»å²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of apse1
C19: from Latin apsis, from Greek: a fitting together, arch, from haptein to fasten
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There is still scaffolding around much of the eastern end, and in coming years the outside walls of the apse and sacristy will need treatment.
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It was only possible to complete the apse, choir and transepts.
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Ross designed 12 solar prisms for the apses.
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He painted the triptych — the Lost Mural — in the apse of the building, as well as other murals in the synagogue’s interior.
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A second work with the same title, a painting in seven parts, is installed as an apse in an adjacent room.
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