apsidally

apsidally
a) With regard to or by means of an apse or apses

The roof was terminated apsidally.

b) With regard to or in relation to an apsis, the point at which an orbiting object is at its minimum or maximum distance from the orbited object

The planets orbit is aspidally aligned with the dust disk.


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