Meanings
nounaphelium (plural aphelia)
plural aphelia
- obsoleteSynonym of aphelion.
Wherefore a Planet, whoſe Orbit is an Ellipſe, having the Sun for a Focus, muſt neceſſarily be urged, even in its aſcent from the Sun, from the Perihelium to the Aphelium, by a Force tending to the Sun, fince an Ellipſe is concave towards both Foci.
1715, David Gregory, The Elements of Aſtronomy, Physical and Geometrical, volume I, London: […] J. Nicholson […], page 147Synonyms: aphelion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of aphelion.
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Origin
- Latinaphelium
- Englishaphelium
Unadapted borrowing from Latin aphelium.
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Rhymes with aphelium
heliumepitheliumendotheliummyceliummesotheliumurotheliumberkeliumantiheliumdiheliumexotheliumhydridoheliumhyperheliumhypotracheliummyoepitheliumnonheliumparaheliumperiheliumradioheliumsubendotheliumteliumtracheliumuroepithelium
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