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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: perigee
perigee
n : periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a
satellite is nearest to the Earth [ant:
apogee]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Perigee
Perigee
\Per"i*gee\, Perigeum
\Per`i*ge"um\, n. [NL. perigeum,
fr. Gr. ? about, near + ? the earth: cf. F. p['e]rig['e]e.]
(Astron.)
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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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