"perigee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/ [UK], /ˈpɛɹ.ə.d͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-perigee.wav Forms: perigees [plural]
Etymology: From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|périgée}} French périgée, {{uder|en|la|perigaeum|perigeum, perigaeum}} Latin perigeum, perigaeum, {{uder|en|grc|περί||near}} Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} perigee (plural perigees)
  1. (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter. Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (closest point in an orbit about the Earth): երկրամերձ կետ (erkramerj ket) (Armenian), перигей (perigej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), perigeu [masculine] (Catalan), 近地點 /近地点 (jìndìdiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), perigeum (Finnish), périgée [masculine] (French), perixeo [masculine] (Galician), פריגיאה (perigéa) [feminine] (Hebrew), उपभू (upbhū) (Hindi), peirigí [masculine] (Irish), peirigithe [masculine, plural] (Irish), 近地点 (kinchiten) (alt: きんちてん) (Japanese), perigejs [masculine] (Latvian), حضیض (haziz) (Persian), افریجیون (afrijiyun) (Persian), پیرازم (pirāzam) (Persian), perygeum [neuter] (Polish), perigeu [neuter] (Romanian), периге́й (perigéj) [masculine] (Russian), perigeo [masculine] (Spanish), kublayo sa Duta (Tagalog), perigê [masculine] (Welsh), perigeau [masculine, plural] (Welsh), daearnesafiant [masculine] (Welsh), daearnesafiannau [masculine, plural] (Welsh) Translations (closest point to the Earth): perigeum (Finnish), périgée [masculine] (French)
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  2. (astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Astronomy
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  3. (possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth. Categories (topical): Astrology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: proxigee Derived forms: perigeal, perigean, perigee moon Related terms: periapsis, periastron, perihelion Translations (closest point in an orbit about a planet): periapsis (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'closest point in an orbit about a planet': 40 44 16

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      "sense": "closest point in an orbit about the Earth",
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      "sense": "closest point in an orbit about the Earth",
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      "sense": "closest point in an orbit about the Earth",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "closest point in an orbit about the Earth",
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      "word": "kublayo sa Duta"
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      "sense": "closest point in an orbit about the Earth",
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      "sense": "closest point in an orbit about the Earth",
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      "sense": "closest point to the Earth",
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