dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/aps_MW.json

{
  "apsis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the point in an astronomical orbit at which the distance of the body from the center of attraction is either greatest or least":[],
      ": apse sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each term is sometimes called an apsis , which refers to the nearest or farthest point between a celestial body and its host. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Medieval Latin aps\u012bs, aps\u012bda \"arc, vault,\" going back to Latin aps\u012bd-, aps\u012bs (also haps\u012bs, abs\u012bs ) \"arc described by a planet, segment of a circle,\" borrowed from Greek haps\u012bd-, haps\u00eds (Ionic aps\u00eds ) \"loop, mesh, rim of a wheel, wheel, disk, segment cut off by a rainbow, arch, vault,\" from ap-s-, stem in noun derivation of h\u00e1ptein \"to fasten,\" h\u00e1ptesthai \"to fasten oneself to, grasp\" + -\u012bd-, -\u012bs, noun suffix \u2014 more at haptics":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160926"
  },
  "apsidiole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "ap\u02c8sid\u0113\u02cc\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French absidiole , from abside apse (from Medieval Latin absid-, absis ) + -i- + -ole":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170753"
  },
  "apse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": apsis sense 1":[],
      ": a projecting part of a building (such as a church) that is usually semicircular in plan and vaulted":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8aps"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The apse was transported, stone by stone, to the Cloisters in the late 1940s as a long-term loan from the Spanish government. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "The show is installed in the museum\u2019s Fuentidue\u00f1a Chapel Gallery, a space defined by a full-scale architectural work, the complete apse of the 12th-century church of San Mart\u00edn from the town of Fuentidue\u00f1a in central northern Spain. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "One bulging wall, poking out into a courtyard like a chapel\u2019s apse , is actually a conversation nook for resident artists. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "But another priest, Don Mario Carminati at the church of San Giuseppe in the Bergamo suburb of Seriate, refused such rites, instead piling up coffins in his aisles and apse . \u2014 Ed Vulliamy, The New York Review of Books , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "The walls of the cathedral\u2019s apse \u2014the most sacred part of the building\u2014were painted in the 10th or early 11th century with portraits believed to represent the Twelve Apostles, reports Jesse Holth for ARTnews. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 July 2021",
      "As Hurriyet reports, Polat and his team uncovered the apse near the station\u2019s waiting platforms. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2021",
      "Now, reports the Hurriyet Daily News, Turkish archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a third- or fourth-century B.C. apse , or semicircular recess commonly found in ancient churches. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2021",
      "Just east of the church apse , the archaeologists found the dome of a large tomb. \u2014 Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "shortening of apsis , perhaps by analogy with base entry 1 : basis":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1715, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223207"
  },
  "apsidal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to an apse or apsis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ap-s\u0259-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin aps\u012bd-, stem of aps\u012bs \"arc, vault\" + -al entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1807, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223607"
  },
  "apse aisle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an aisle or ambulatory continuing a choir aisle around an apse or chevet":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044333"
  },
  "Aps\u00e1alooke":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": crow":[
        "\u2014 used as a self-designation"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259p-\u02c8s\u00e4-l\u014d-\u02cck\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Crow aps\u00e2\u02d1ro\u02d1ke, a self-designation":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053434"
  }
}