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n.
An aphetized form of a word.
a.
Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.
n.
One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
n.
An operation by which any part is separated from the rest.
pl.
of Aphelion
n.
Same as Apheresis.
n.
That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
n.
Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.
n.
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
n.
The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
n.
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
v. t.
To shorten by aphesis.
n.
That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
n.
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.
a.
Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc.
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