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circumlunar

[ sur-kuh m-loo-ner ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈlu nər /
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adjective

rotating about or surrounding the moon.

Nearby words

  1. circumfuse,
  2. circumgyration,
  3. circumincession,
  4. circumjacent,
  5. circumlocution,
  6. circumnavigate,
  7. circumnavigation,
  8. circumnutate,
  9. circumnutation,
  10. circumocular

Origin of circumlunar

First recorded in 1905–10; circum- + lunar
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Examples from the Web for circumlunar

  • Soon, the thrust would be needed in reverse, for braking action, near the end of the sixty hour journey into a circumlunar orbit.

    The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

  • The relatively low velocity needed to maintain vehicles in circumlunar orbits, made its danger to such vehicles small.

    The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for circumlunar

circumlunar

/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈluːnə) /

adjective

around or revolving around the moona circumlunar orbit
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