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pericynthion

/ ˌpɛrɪˈsɪnθɪən /

noun

  1. the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon Compare perilune apocynthion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pericynthion1

C20: from peri- + -cynthion, from Cynthia

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