What is in a curve referred to polar coördinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum called?
apsis — (Math.) In a curve referred to polar coördinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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