 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...geometry, The angular point of a cone or conic section. APH.SRESIS, (a-fef-e-sis) ni A 6gure in grammar, by which a letter or syllable is taken from the beginning of a word. APHELION, (a-fe -le-un) n. ยป. That part of the orbit of a plank, in which it is at the point... | |
 | William Grimshaw - English language - 1829 - 418 pages
...place. APEX. s. The tip or point. Lat.pl. apices; English, apexes. APHjE'RISIS. s. A figure in grammar, by which a letter or syllable is taken from the beginning of a word. pi. apliairises. APHE'LION. s. That part in the orbit of a planet, which is the most remote from... | |
 | William Grimshaw - Women's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 428 pages
...place. APEX. s. The tip or point. Lat. pi. apices ; English, apexes. APRE'RISIS. i. A figure in grammar, by which a letter or syllable is taken from the beginning of a word. pi. aphcerises. APHE'LION. s. That part in the orbit of a planet, which is the most remote from... | |
 | John Newland Maffitt - English language - 1835 - 318 pages
...AP'EX. s. The tip or point. 1,at. pi. apices; English, apexes. APH,E'RISIS. s. A figure in grammar, by which a letter or syllable is taken from the beginning of a word. pl.aphterises. APHE'LION. s. That part in the orbit of a planet, which is the most remote from... | |
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APHE'LION. s. That part in the orbit of a planet, which is the most remote from the sun. APH'ORISM. s. A maxim; a precept contracted into a short sentence, adj. aphoristical : adv. aphoristically. 