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During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.
Luanne Rice

Meaning of "perigee" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERIGEE

Via French from Greek perigeion, from peri- + gea earth.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERIGEE

perigee  [ˈpɛrɪˌdʒiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIGEE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perigee 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 PERIGEE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

perigee

Apsis

An apsis (Greek ἁψίς, gen. ἁψίδος), plural apsides (/ˈæpsɨdiːz/; Greek: ἁψίδες), is a point of greatest or least distance of a body in an elliptic orbit about a larger body. For a body orbiting the Sun the greatest and least distance points are called respectively aphelion and perihelion (/æpˈhiːliən/, /ˌpɛrɨˈhiːliən/), whereas for any satellite of Earth including the Moon the corresponding points are apogee and perigee (/ˈpɛrɨdʒiː/). The generic suffix, independent of the particular central body, can be either apsis or centre, hence apoapsis, apocentre or apapsis (from ἀπ(ό) (ap(ó)), meaning "from"), and periapsis or pericentre (from περί (peri), meaning "around"). During the Apollo program, the terms pericynthion and apocynthion (referencing Cynthia, an alternative name for the Greek Moon goddess Artemis) were used when referring to the Moon. A straight line connecting the periapsis and apoapsis is the line of apsides. This is the major axis of the ellipse, its greatest diameter.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIGEE


agee
əˈdʒiː
algae
ˈældʒiː
apage
ˈæpəˌdʒiː
apogee
ˈæpəˌdʒiː
bungee
ˈbʌndʒiː
dirige
ˈdɪrɪˌdʒiː
Fiji
ˈfiːdʒiː
gee
dʒiː
gee-gee
ˈdʒiːˌdʒiː
Himeji
ˈhiːmɛˌdʒiː
hypallage
haɪˈpæləˌdʒiː
koji
ˈkəʊdʒiː
Meiji
ˈmeɪˈdʒiː
Panaji
pɑːˈnɑːdʒiː
refugee
ˌrɛfjʊˈdʒiː
SPG
ˌespiːˈdʒiː
squeegee
ˈskwiːdʒiː
T&G
ˌtiːənˈdʒiː
USCG
ˌjuːessiːˈdʒiː
zero-G
ˌzɪərəʊˈdʒiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIGEE

peridot
peridotic
peridotite
peridotitic
peridrome
periegesis
perigastric
perigastritis
perigeal
perigean
perigenesis
periglacial
perigon
perigone
perigonial
Perigordian
perigynous
perigyny
perihelia
perihelial

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIGEE

bargee
burgee
congee
dischargee
galiongee
gidgee
interrogee
jaygee
lungee
mergee
mortgagee
muggee
Murrumbidgee
negligee
ogee
pledgee
pongee
salvagee
squilgee
thuggee

Synonyms and antonyms of perigee in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perigee» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERIGEE

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

Translator English - Chinese

近地点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perigeo
570 millions of speakers

English

perigee
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपभू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحضيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перигей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perigeu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুভূ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

périgée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perigee
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Perigäum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近地点
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

근지점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perigee
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm cận địa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அண்மைநிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yerberi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perigeo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perygeum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перигей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perigeu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περίγειο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perigeum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perigeum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perigee
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perigee

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIGEE»

The term «perigee» is normally little used and occupies the 109.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIGEE» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PERIGEE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word perigee.
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Luanne Rice
During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIGEE»

Discover the use of perigee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perigee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Perigee
Perigee is an offbeat, tongue-in-cheek adult science fiction novel that celebrates poetry, sex, and the eccentric.
Elizabeth Bent, 2001
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The Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing: An A-to-Z Guide to ...
Provides more than 1,350 signs, with illustrations that show precise hand positions and exact movements
Rod R. Butterworth, Mickey Flodin, 1995
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Whitetail Addicts Manual: Proven Methods for Hunting Trophy ...
The perigee occurs when the moon is at its closest distance from the earth, about 221,463 miles (354,340 km). The apogee occurs when the moon is at its farthest distance from the earth, about 252,710 miles (404,336 km). As the moon ...
T. R. Michels, 2007
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Perigee:
Patrick Chiles. PERIGEE. PATRICK CHILES Copyright © 20112012 by Patrick Chiles Trade PaperbackEdition published2012 ISBN13:
Patrick Chiles, 2011
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52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity
A collection of fifty-two weekly projects is designed to reveal how the author's personal creative and artistic journey transformed his life and provides inspiration for the reader's own artistic odyssey through such endeavors as painting, ...
Jeffrey Yamaguchi, 2005
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How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae
Figure 3.2: Perigee precession causes the major axis of an elliptical orbit to rotate in the plane of the orbit, such that the initial major axis 1 will rotate to major axis 2 after a number of orbit revolutions. Figure 3.2, where the major axis of the orbit ...
Graham Swinerd, 2008
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Conquering Your Quarterlife Crisis: Advice from ...
The sequel to Quarterlife Crisis offers concrete advice and guidelines for dealing with the challenges, choices, responsibilities, and difficulties confronting young adults, covering such topics as career choices, romance, friendship, and ...
Alexandra Robbins, 2004
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Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and ...
perigee at a few tens of kilometres is sucient, and is just high enough to clear the mountains. There are two eects of gravity on velocity. The ®rst is the potential energy needed to reach the perigee altitude: of the total velocity increment of the  ...
Martin J. L. Turner, 2008
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The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
Sophia Dembling asserts that the introvert’s lifestyle is not “wrong” or lacking, as society or extroverts would have us believe.
Sophia Dembling, 2012
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Planetary Motions: A Historical Perspective
to the Earth), and planets consequently traverse their perigee arcs seemingly in less time than the other halves of their orbits. But observations of the planets revealed that the time from greatest speed to mean speed was always greater, not ...
Norriss S. Hetherington, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIGEE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perigee is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's Up in August: Another super moon, and the annual meteor …
It will be within 25 minutes of perigee at that time. That makes it the closest of the three consecutive super moons that we will have this summer. «Press Herald, Jul 15»
2
Fishing journals are great tools
The full moon arrives on Friday and the lunar orbit perigee two days later on Aug. 2. This will certainly improve the feeding migrations that the ... «Highlands Today, Jul 15»
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Our SpaceFlight Heritage: ASTP and the extended hand
The spacecraft entered orbit with a 221.9-km apogee, 186.3-km perigee, 88.5-min period, and an orbital inclination of 51.8 degrees. «SpaceFlight Insider, Jul 15»
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How to Manage Skilled-but Difficult-IT Workers
In a section of the recent book, Type B Manager: Leading Successfully in a Type A World (Perigee Hardcover/available in August), author Victor ... «CIO Insight, Jul 15»
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Your Theories & Comments On 'Earthquake Weather'
Full and new moons with linear gravitational effect seems as though it could have some effect. Especially likely would be a perigee full moon. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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50 SW Completes DMSP Flight 13 Rupture Review
There are approximately 110 payloads in the same orbital regime as DMSP Flight 13 (Perigee height of >300km, < 1200Km). The JSpOC has ... «Space Daily, Jul 15»
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Inverting the Philosopher King Theory
... mostly by the bronze category of people whose diabolical and fraudulent activities have brought our nation to the perigee of the UN index. «Sierra Express Media, Jul 15»
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NEWS RELEASE: 50 SW Completes DMSP Flight 13 Rupture Review
There are approximately 110 payloads in the same orbital regime as DMSP Flight 13 (Perigee height of >300km, < 1200Km). The JSpOC has ... «Schriever Air Force Base, Jul 15»
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A profile: Frank Buglioni WBA 160lb Challenger
His opponent Fedor Chudinov has even less professional experience than him, although he has a strong amateur perigee but you could draw ... «Boxing News 24, Jul 15»
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New Photo Shows Pluto's 'Heart' Actually A Vast, Frozen Wasteland
The other is solar-wind driven escape. Because of the eccentric orbit the rates must change considerably from perigee to apogee. Reply · Like. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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