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Word: Perigee
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French périgée, via modern Latin from Greek perigeion ‘close round the earth’, from peri- ‘around’ + gē ‘earth’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɛrɪdʒiː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
Short Definition:point in orbit of moon or satellite at which it is nearest to earth
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