apolune

[ ap-uh-loon ]

/ ˈæp əˌlun /

noun Aerospace.

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

Words nearby apolune

apologia pro vita sua, apologist, apologize, apologue, apology, apolune, apomict, apomixis, apomorphine, aponeurectomy, aponeurorrhaphy

Compare perilune.

Origin of apolune

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

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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

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Scientific definitions for apolune

apolune

[ ăp′ə-lōōn′ ]

The point at which an object orbiting the Moon, such as an artificial satellite, is farthest from the Moon's center.