| 单词 | apsis |
| 例句 | The list of relics on the right of the apsis of Sta. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The phenomenon of the progression of the apsides of an oval orbit, which is here alluded to, is familiar to all students in mechanics. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The line of the apsides has a slow forward angular motion in the plane of the planet's orbit, being retrograde only in the case of Venus. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli They are called the lower or nearer, and the higher or more distant apsides respectively. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" At one end of the church is a small door, and at the other end a semicircular apsis; the windows are small apertures like loop-holes. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. µ This word is also written apsis and absis. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The semicircular apsides, with a decorative band beneath the cornices of the exterior galleries, are also a distinctly Rhenish detail. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine An opinion has commonly prevailed, that an epitaph, still visible on the exterior of the apsis, is that of the builder of the church. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy The “line of apsides” is that which joins them, forming the major axis of the orbit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" At the further end of this chamber was a stone altar, standing upon one or two steps, in an apsis or semicircular recess. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z That is to say, he assumed a revolving line of apsides in an elliptical orbit traversed by a pretty strongly compressed pair of globes. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The east end terminates by an apsis, of which the elevation resembles the exterior of the cathedral of Pisa. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy The time of revolution of a primary or secondary planet in reference to its line of apsides; that is, from one perigee or apogee to another. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The half domes of the apsis and two transepts, which were of well-built masonry, were still entire, and the original frescos remain upon them. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant They were soon able to distinguish the epochs, and, disdainful of sacristans, they would say: "Ha! a Romanesque apsis!" Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life When this apsis, therefore, of Mars shall appear in Virgo, who shall expect less than a strange catastrophe of human affairs in the commonwealth, monarchy, and kingdom of England? The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Without spire or tower, and divided into three parts of unequal length and height, the nave, the choir, and the circular apsis, it resembles one of the meanest of our parish churches in England. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy The two are joined by a diameter called the line of the apsides. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The interior of the principal church in this monastery is interesting from the number of early Greek pictures which it contains, and which are hung on the walls of the apsis behind the altar. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant And, we might also ask, why the tangential resistance to the comet of Encke should not also produce a retrograde motion in the apsides of the orbit, instead of diminishing its period? Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Thirdly, the variations in the eccentricity of the earth's orbit, combined with the precession of the equinoxes and the rotation of the apsides, may be regarded as operative. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography These are supported by short massy pillars: an embattled moulding runs round the windows.—In the choir the arches become pointed, but with Norman mouldings: the apsis is a reconstruction. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy The apsis is terminated by a straight wall. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 From the north and south faces of both rooms are semi-circular apsides, projecting 6 feet 6 inches, containing the Collimator piers and the vertical openings for observation. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 Apsis, plural apsides, the line joining the aphelion and perihelion points; or the major axis of elliptical orbits. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work A large part of the left side of the apsis is repainted, of the four bishops between the windows of the tribune the head of Ecclesius is preserved, the lower part repainted. Ravenna, a Study On the eastern side of each transept is a small chapel, ending, like the choir, in a semi-circular apsis, which rises no higher than the top of the basement story. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 But the most singular part of this church is the crypt under the apsis, a room about thirty feet long by fourteen wide, and sixteen high, of extreme simplicity, and remote antiquity. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 Any persons whom it could please have no better notion of what the words referred to signify than of the meaning of apsides and asymptotes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 But the vault, the side walls, and those of the apsis, all the prisms, cylinders, cones, were bathed in the electric fluid. The Mysterious Island It is a curious structure in brick and mortar, with an apsis and an odd arrangement of round arches sunken in the outer wall and still deeper pointed ones. Castilian Days In the choir the arches become pointed, but with Norman mouldings: the apsis is a re-construction. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 The tomb is in the wall, behind a range of pillars, which form a kind of open screen round the apsis. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 At Murano we stop a moment to look at the old Duomo, and to enjoy its quaint mosaics within, and the fine and graceful spirit of the apsis without. Venetian Life Behind us rises the noble apsis of the cathedral. The Brotherhood of Consolation A few trees, among others an almond-tree—one of the emblems of hope—had taken root in the broken wall; two enormous pines standing close against the apsis served as lightning-rods. The Village Rector It consists of large arches, disposed in a double tier, so as to correspond with the windows of the apsis, and placed at a short distance from the wall; but without any Lady-Chapel beyond. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 But the choir and apsis were previously of a different æra from the rest of the edifice. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。