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Perigee

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The point nearest the earth's center in the orbit of the moon or a satellite.

n. The point in any orbit nearest to the body being orbited.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.

n. The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.

n. The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. That point, in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth, which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth, such as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. That point of the moon's orbit which is nearest to the earth: when the moon has arrived at this point, she is said to be in her perigee.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth

Word Usage

"It's the closest the Moon has been to Earth in 18 years, a point in the orbit otherwise called a "perigee," from Latin for "violating moon restraining order.""

Equivalent

perigeum

Antonym

apogee

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

periapsis point of periapsis

Variant

epigee epigeum

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

neap apogee copter nadir refluent versa fast-rising ever-rising