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单词 circumlunar
释义

circumlunar

[ sur-kuhm-loo-ner ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈlu nər /

adjective

rotating about or surrounding the moon.

Origin of circumlunar

First recorded in 1905–10; circum- + lunar

Words nearby circumlunar

circumfuse, circumgyration, circumincession, circumjacent, circumlocution, circumlunar, circumnavigate, circumnutate, circumnutation, circumocular, circumpolar
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Example sentences from the Web for circumlunar

  • Soon, the thrust would be needed in reverse, for braking action, near the end of the sixty hour journey into a circumlunar orbit.

    The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • The relatively low velocity needed to maintain vehicles in circumlunar orbits, made its danger to such vehicles small.

    The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for circumlunar

circumlunar
/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈluːnə) /

adjective

around or revolving around the moona circumlunar orbit
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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