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periselenium

The English word “periselenium” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the moon's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its minimum.

Etymology

From peri- + seleno- + -ium, Latin form of -ion.

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