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MEAN DISTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mean distance" is a kind of...):
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)