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circumlunar
[ sur-kuhm-loo-ner ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈlu nər /
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adjective
rotating about or surrounding the moon.
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How to use circumlunar in a sentence
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 GallunThe 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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