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单词 apolune
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apolune

[ ap-uh-loon ]
/ ˈæp əˌlun /

noun Aerospace.

the point in a lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon.
Compare perilune.

Origin of apolune

1965–70; apo- + -lune<Latin lūna moon, on the model of apogee, etc.

Words nearby apolune

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British Dictionary definitions for apolune

apolune
/ (ˈæpəˌluːn) /

noun

the point in a lunar orbit when a spacecraft is at its greatest distance from the moonCompare apocynthion, perilune

Word Origin for apolune

C20: from apo- + -lune, from Latin lūna moon
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

Scientific definitions for apolune

apolune
[ ăpə-lōōn′ ]

The point at which an object orbiting the Moon, such as an artificial satellite, is farthest from the Moon's center.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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