aphelium

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"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."

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aphelium.

aphelia (plural)

perihelium

aphelion

helium epithelium mycelium endothelium mesothelium berkelium exothelium telium perihelium antihelium urothelium subendothelium

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