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单词 translunar
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translunaradj.

Brit. /tranzˈluːnə/, /trɑːnzˈluːnə/, /transˈluːnə/, /trɑːnsˈluːnə/, U.S. /ˌtrænzˈlunər/, /ˌtræn(t)sˈlunər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: trans- prefix, Latin lūna , -ar suffix1.
Etymology: < trans- prefix + classical Latin lūna moon (see luna n.) + -ar suffix1, after lunar adj. and sublunar adj. Compare earlier translunary adj.In quot. 1791 at sense 1a after German translunarisch (a1786 in the passage translated).
1. Beyond the moon.
a. Existing or situated beyond the (supposed) sphere of the moon; figurative heavenly or otherworldly in nature or origin; spiritual, visionary; = translunary adj. Now chiefly historical or literary.Contrasted with sublunar or cis-lunar.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective] > unsubstantial or merely apparent
shadowy1374
phantom?c1450
shadowish1561
dreamish1563
fleshlessa1592
dreamya1594
shadowed1597
unreal1605
phantasmatic1607
dreamlike1615
umbratilous1637
phantasmatical1642
umbratile1647
moonshine1668
phantomical1687
visionary1697
faerie1767
filmlike1804
phantasmal1805
spectral1816
moonshiny1821
phantomatica1834
parheliacal1852
phantomic1878
translunar1927
celluloid1928
1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans I. 142 Ye translunar [Ger. translunarischen] powers, look down propitious, and if a son of earth may break the mighty spell, O let me be the fortunate mortal!
1850 Knickerbocker Mar. 219 To see to some translunar sphere removed The phantoms by our earliest instincts loved.
1927 W. B. Yeats in Monthly Criterion June 292 Being dead, we rise, Dream and so create Translunar Paradise.
2002 A. Tripolitis Relig. Hellenistic-Roman Age vi. 143 The translunar realm was the sphere of the heavenly bodies, the stars and the planets that move in eternal harmony. Below it was the sublunar or material world, a place of chance, corruption, and death.
b. Astronomy. Lying beyond the orbit of the moon; interplanetary; spec. designating the region of space beyond the moon's orbit which is close enough to be dominated by the combined gravity of the earth and moon.Contrasted with cis-lunar.
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the world > the universe > space > [adjective] > beyond or above moon
superlunary1614
translunary1627
supralunary1635
supralunar1719
superlunar1742
translunar1962
1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 201 Mechta was instrumented to gather data on cosmic and solar radiations in cis- and translunar space.
1999 N. Yusof Space Warfare ii. 263 Translunar space covers a relatively small space zone starting from the moon at a mean distance of 384,000 kilometres (239,000 miles) up to a distance of 1,600,000 kilometres (1,000,000 miles) above the Earth.
2000 Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 112 1/2 Kepler's ‘new star’ of 1604 lasted long enough and attracted enough attention for additional stargazers to confirm its translunar location.
2. Astronautics. Between the earth and the moon; spec. (of space flight or a trajectory in space) directed from the earth towards the moon; relating to or involving such a trajectory or flight. Cf. transearth adj.
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society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [adjective] > trajectory towards earth or moon
translunar1957
transearth1965
1957 News Jrnl. (Radford, Va.) 2 Apr. 4/4 Some moonstruck addict to bigger spending is sure to come up with a proposal that we should, as a geographical unit, inaugurate a Translunar sightseeing excursion service to the moon.
1965 New Scientist 1 July 12/2 Corrections will be made several times during the translunar phase..based on measurements made by Earth stations..and..by astronauts.
1972 Daily Tel. 8 Dec. 1 The correction was the result of a manoeuvre which put Apollo on a trans-lunar trajectory 15 minutes earlier than planned.
1994 J. Lovell & J. Kluger Apollo 13 (1995) iv. 91 For Swigert and Haise, neither of whom had even been in space before, the experiences of launch and orbit and translunar burn, were inexpressibly novel.
2003 Wired May 147/2 Today, getting a high-thrust rocket motor to perform a successful translunar injection burn is easy compared with raising funds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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