Helen Fenton

Aponeurosis: Definition and part of speech

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Aponeurosis

  1. n. Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apodyterium: Definition and part of speech

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Apodyterium

  1. n. The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apogean: Definition and part of speech

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Apogean

  1. a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apogee: Definition and part of speech

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Apogee

  1. n. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
  2. n. That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.