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PERISELENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Periapsis in orbit around the moon
Synonyms:
perilune; periselene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("periselene" is a kind of...):
periapsis; point of periapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited)
Antonym:
aposelene (apoapsis in orbit around the moon)