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PERIGEUM

\pˌɛɹɪd͡ʒˈiːəm], \pˌɛɹɪd‍ʒˈiːəm], \p_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ_ˈiː__ə_m]\

Definitions of PERIGEUM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; - opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; - opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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