(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun.

A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

To speak or write aphorisms.

Alternative form of apéritif

A revelation, especially of supernatural events. / (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.

(Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus.

(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.

Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990. / (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.

To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.