- In architecture, an apse (pl.: apses; from
Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from
Ancient Gr**** ἀψίς, apsis, 'arch';
sometimes written apsis; pl.: apsides) is...
- In
celestial mechanics,
apsidal precession (or
apsidal advance) is the
precession (gradual rotation) of the line
connecting the
apsides (line of apsides)...
-
axial precession is
westwards -
whereas Apsidal precession is in the same
direction as the
rotation (meaning
apsidal precession is eastward). This kind of...
-
roughly at the
center of the area. The
earliest structure at the site was an
apsidal building of
perhaps the late 9th century BC,
which is
thought to resemble...
- planets. This is
called perihelion precession or
apsidal precession. In the
adjunct image, Earth's
apsidal precession is illustrated. As the
Earth travels...
- An apse chapel,
apsidal chapel, or
chevet is a
chapel in
traditional Christian church architecture,
which radiates tangentially from one of the bays or...
- chapel. An
apsidal baptistery and two
towers stand at the west end. The
relatively shallow transept, set
between a long nave and an
apsidal choir surrounded...
- free-standing
apsidal structure, now
located at the back of the building,
which is
characteristic of
early Buddhist apsidal caityagriha designs. The
apsidal structure...
- precession),
while the Earth's
elliptical orbit around the Sun
rotates (
apsidal precession). The
combined effect of
precession with
eccentricity is that...
- a
circular or
apsidal plan, and were
either rock-cut or freestanding.
Temples —built on elliptical, circular, quadrilateral, or
apsidal plans— were initially...
