Definition of circumlunar in English:
circumlunar
adjective səːkəmˈluːnəˌsərkəmˈlunər
Moving or situated around the moon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Kennedy approved more money for Saturn, but not for Apollo, which was then planned to eventually conduct circumlunar flights, not a Moon landing.
- A Soyuz, with a logistics module attached, rounds the Moon on a circumlunar mission.
- These will include the basic vehicle, along with a plan to develop it into something capable of a circumlunar flight.
- Reports that the country intends to land a human on the Moon, or even send humans on a circumlunar mission, are easily dismissed.
- We think they're searching exotic circumlunar orbits at the moment.
Definition of circumlunar in US English:
circumlunar
adjectiveˌsərkəmˈlo͞onərˌsərkəmˈlunər
Moving or situated around the moon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Reports that the country intends to land a human on the Moon, or even send humans on a circumlunar mission, are easily dismissed.
- A Soyuz, with a logistics module attached, rounds the Moon on a circumlunar mission.
- We think they're searching exotic circumlunar orbits at the moment.
- These will include the basic vehicle, along with a plan to develop it into something capable of a circumlunar flight.
- Kennedy approved more money for Saturn, but not for Apollo, which was then planned to eventually conduct circumlunar flights, not a Moon landing.