PERISELENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does periselene mean? 

• PERISELENE (noun)
  The noun PERISELENE has 1 sense:

1. periapsis in orbit around the moon

  Familiarity information: PERISELENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERISELENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Periapsis in orbit around the moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

perilune; periselene

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)