Apocynthion
noun
the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon Compare apolune, pericynthion
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- Apodal
having no distinct feet or footlike members. belonging or pertaining to the orders Apoda and Apodes, comprising various groups of animals without limbs. Historical Examples A family of fishes belonging to the apodal section of the malacopterygii. Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume […]
- Apodictic
incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable. Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain. Historical Examples apodictic propositions, he declares, are either dogmata or mathemata; and the former are beyond the competence of the human mind. A Commentary to Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’ Norman Kemp Smith adj. “clearly […]
- Apodeictic
incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable. Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain. Historical Examples In the former case, the dogmatist must take care that his arguments possess the apodeictic certainty of a demonstration. The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant I shall term this the demonstrative or […]
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- Apodema
. Historical Examples apodema: a conspicuous transverse band crossing the thorax in front of the scutellum in male Coccidae. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith