Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding
clause, even when the sentence is not conditional.
Apodous
(Ap"o*dous) a. (Zoöl.) Apodal; apod.
Apodyterium
(||A*pod`y*te"ri*um) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to strip one's self.] (Anc. Arch.) The apartment at
the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
Apogaic
(Ap`o*ga"ic) a. [Gr. far from the earth.] Apogean.
Apogamic
(Ap`o*gam"ic) a. Relating to apogamy.
Apogamy
(A*pog"a*my) n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. marriage.] (Bot.) The formation of a bud in place of a
fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.
Apogeal
(Ap`o*ge"al) a. (Astron.) Apogean.
Apogean
(Ap`o*ge"an) a. Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the
moon has passed her apogee.
Apogee
(Ap"o*gee) n. [Gr. from the earth; from + earth: cf. F. apogée.]
1. (Astron.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
Formerly, on the hypothesis that the earth is in the center of the system, this name was given to that
point in the orbit of the sun, or of a planet, which was supposed to be at the greatest distance from the
earth.
2. Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
Apogeotropic
(Ap`o*ge`o*trop"ic) a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. earth + turning.] (Bot.) Bending away from the
ground; — said of leaves, etc. Darwin.
Apogeotropism
(Ap"o*ge*ot"ro*pism) n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
Apograph
(Ap"o*graph) n. [Gr. from + to write: cf. F. apographe.] A copy or transcript. Blount.
Apohyal
(Ap`o*hy"al) a. [Pref. apo- + the Gr. letter Y.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the
horn of the hyoid bone.
Apoise
(A*poise") adv. [Pref. a- + poise.] Balanced.
Apolar
(A*po"lar) a. [Pref. a- + polar.] (Biol.) Having no radiating processes; — applied particularly
to certain nerve cells.
Apolaustic
(Ap`o*laus"tic) a. [Gr. fr. to enjoy.] Devoted to enjoyment.
Apollinarian
(A*pol`li*na"ri*an) a. [L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo.] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the
Apollinarian games.
Apollinarian
(A*pol`li*na"ri*an), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the
fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
Apollinaris water
(A*pol`li*na"ris wa"ter) An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage.
It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
