Definition of circumterrestrial in English:
circumterrestrial
adjectivesəːkəmtəˈrɛstrɪəl-təˈresCHəl
Moving or situated around the earth.
Example sentencesExamples
- The study reveals that, ‘who controls circumterrestrial space commands Planet Earth,’ and ‘who rules the moon commands circumterrestrial space.’
- We investigate the evolution of a circumterrestrial disk of debris generated by a giant impact on the Earth.
- This one after the separation of the second stage should go in circular circumterrestrial orbit using its principal engine.
- It is found that an impact by a Mars-sized body usually results in formation of a circumterrestrial disk rather than direct formation of a clump.
- The Salyut and Mir orbital stations were part of a unique program for a stage-by-stage building of human presence in circumterrestrial space.