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PRONUNCIATION OF PERICENTRE

pericentre  [ˈpɛrɪˌsɛntə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERICENTRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pericentre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERICENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pericentre in the English dictionary

The definition of pericentre in the dictionary is the point in an elliptical orbit that is nearest to the centre of mass of the system.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERICENTRE


barycentre
ˈbærɪˌsɛntə
center
ˈsɛntə
centre
ˈsɛntə
circumcenter
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə
circumcentre
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɛntə
daycentre
ˈdeɪˌsɛntə
epicenter
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
epicentre
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
hypocentre
ˈhaɪpəʊˌsɛntə
incentre
ˈɪnˌsɛntə
Jobcentre
ˈdʒɒbˌsɛntə
left-of-centre
ˈlɛftəvˌsɛntə
metacentre
ˈmɛtəˌsɛntə
orthocentre
ˈɔːθəʊˌsɛntə
pericenter
ˈpɛrɪˌsɛntə
placenta
pləˈsɛntə
right-of-centre
ˌraɪtəvˈsɛntə
Skillcentre
ˈskɪlˌsɛntə
subcenter
ˈsʌbˌsɛntə
supercenter
ˈsuːpərˌsɛntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERICENTRE

pericardial
pericardian
pericarditic
pericarditis
pericardium
pericarp
pericarpial
pericarpic
pericenter
pericentral
pericentric
perichaetial
perichaetium
perichondral
perichondria
perichondrial
perichondrium
perichoresis
periclase
periclastic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERICENTRE

business centre
call centre
city centre
community centre
conference centre
convention centre
craft centre
drop-in centre
exhibition centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
leisure centre
rencontre
resource centre
service centre
shopping centre
the Centre
town centre
training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of pericentre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pericentre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERICENTRE

Find out the translation of pericentre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pericentre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pericentre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

近心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pericentro
570 millions of speakers

English

pericentre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pericentre
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركز الحضيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перицентр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pericentro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pericentre
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péricentre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perikentre
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Perizentrum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pericentre
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

근심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perikentre
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pericentre
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pericentre
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्णतः
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pericentre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pericentro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pericentre
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перицентр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pericentru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pericentre
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pericentre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pericentre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pericentre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pericentre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERICENTRE»

The term «pericentre» is used very little and occupies the 179.339 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERICENTRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pericentre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERICENTRE»

Discover the use of pericentre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pericentre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Solar System Dynamics
If conjunctions occur after pericentre, say at point B in Fig. 8.5a, the net result would be a loss of angular momentum and a gain in mean angular velocity, again resulting in movement of the conjunction closer to pericentre. For conjunctions at ...
Carl D. Murray, Stanley F. Dermott, 1999
2
Physics of the Solar System: Dynamics and Evolution, Space ...
The pericentre argument a> has no meaning when the eccentricity and/or the inclination vanish; in Sec. 1 1.3 we pointed out that then the pericentre longitude OT = £1 + cu provides a better description of its motion. It fulfils dm -) dQ.
B. Bertotti, Paolo Farinella, David Vokrouhlický, 2003
3
Interplanetary Mission Analysis and Design
4.3.23 4.3.24 4.3.25 4.3.26 4.3.27 4.3.28 4.3.29 4.3.30 4.3.31 4.3.32 4.3.33 4.3. 34 4.3.35 4.3.36 4.3.37 4.3.38 4.3.39 4.3.40 4.3.41 4.3.42 4.3.43 4.3.44 4.3.45 4.3.46 4.3.47 pericentre change, versus ̄y-by Beta angle, evaluated for a range of ...
Stephen Kemble, 2006
4
Stability of the Solar System and Its Minor Natural and ...
TABLE Types of mutual apse syzygies, accordingTto parities of p and q. (In each case, the two types of configuration occur alternatelyJ 1. Solution with 61 = 92 = 0 . q even, p odd l. Conjunction, with P1 and P2 each at pericentre. 2. Conjunction  ...
V.G. Szebehely, Richard B. Curran, 1985
5
Gravitational N-Body Simulations: Tools and Algorithms
If the collision condition is satisfied, the actual pericentre is obtained by backwards integration together with a final iteration using the procedure described below. Having replaced two particles by one composite body, we create a so-called ...
Sverre J. Aarseth, 2003
6
The Exoplanet Handbook
The true anomaly, v(t), also frequently denoted f(f), is the angle between the direction of pericentre and the current position of the body measured from the barycentric focus of the ellipse. It is the angle normally used to characterise an ...
Michael Perryman, 2011
7
The English Cyclopaedia: Division. Geography. 4v. and Suppl
At the epicycloid, when n — n-r li, the angle from apocentre to pericentre, as subtended at the centre, is 180° -4- (n — 1) or 180 b -±-(a — b) in degrees. Tho nearer a 4- b is to unity the greater does this angle become, and if a be near enough ...
‎1868
8
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
At the epicycloid, when n = a-$-b, the angle from apo- centre to pericentre, as subtended at the centre, is 180° 4- (n - 1) or 180 6-f-(a-6) in degrees. The nearer o-r b is to unity the greater does this angle become, and if a be near enough to i,  ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1843
9
Gravitation: From the Hubble Length to the Planck Length
[£13(1-^2)3/2] l«* where a is the semimajor axis of the test particle and e its orbital eccentricity. The pericentre of an orbiting test particle is also a type of enormous gyroscope (for motion under a central force ~ 1 /r2). Indeed, the orbit of a test ...
I. Ciufolini, E. Coccia, V. Gorini, 2004
10
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Towards the end of this division the character of the curve may be much affected by the relative value of b and o. At the epicycloid, when n = a-±-b, the angle from apo- centre to pericentre, as subtended at the centre, is 180° -f-(n — 1) or 180 ...
‎1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERICENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pericentre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tracking a Ghost Mission 238 Million Km Away
Basically, Venus Express is ghosting along in its orbit, with the pericentre height (height of closest altitude above the surface) during each orbit ... «The Planetary Society, Jan 15»
2
Brief Venus Express update: Not quite dead yet
... Venus Express at the first opportunity for communication with a ground station after execution of the 6th of the pericentre-raising manoeuvres. «The Planetary Society, Dec 14»
3
Contact lost with ESA's Venus Express orbiter
Due to the gravitational pull of Venus and the Sun, Venus Express's closest point of approach, the pericentre, is constantly descending closer to ... «Sen, Dec 14»
4
Gas cloud in the galactic centre is part of a larger gas streamer
The scientists fed this information into a model for a combined orbit, taking into account the different pericentre times and allowing for slightly ... «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
5
Venturing into the upper atmosphere of Venus
By gradually reducing its pericentre altitude to around 130 km, the spacecraft would be able to provide unique, detailed, in situ information ... «Phys.Org, Nov 14»
6
Venus Express Isn't Dead Yet
What's particularly fascinating about aerobraking is that dropping the velocity at pericentre (the point closest to the planet) draws the apocentre ... «io9, Jul 14»
7
Skimming the inner planets: Updates on MESSENGER and Venus …
Its orbit is now such that its altitude at pericentre passage - the point ... predicted to grow to 0.20 N/m^2 as the pericentre altitude decays further. «The Planetary Society, Jun 14»
8
Venus mountains create wave trains
"The elliptical orbit of Venus Express, with pericentre (nearest point to the planet) above northern high latitudes, meant that we could obtain ... «Phys.Org, Jan 14»
9
Jupiter's icy moon Europa 'spouts water'
They peak when Europa is at its farthest from Jupiter (the apocentre of its orbit) and vanish when it comes closest (the pericentre). This means ... «BBC News, Dec 13»
10
Venus Express Report 261 For the Period 26 May to 22 June 2013
The Venus-Earth-spacecraft geometry was such that some Earth occultations and solar eclipses occurred simultaneously, after orbit pericentre. «Space Ref, Oct 13»

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