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Definition of Perigean
1. a. Pertaining to the perigee.
Definition of Perigean
1. Adjective. Pertaining to the perigee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perigean
1. perigee [adj] - See also: perigee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perigean
Literary usage of Perigean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy. ...by Robert Woodhouse by Robert Woodhouse (1818)
"(which is a modification of its general effect) is, since it varies as the
distance, to augment the perigean Gravity, which is the greatest, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... distance increases and the perigean distance diminishes, or. in other words,
the eccentricity of the orbit increases. Now consider another case, ..."
3. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"... and perigean values, and then constructs columns of the height of the tides,
... and perigean, in the same manner as the column already computed for the ..."
4. A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1889)
"... duration of an annular eclipse exceeds that of a total one. They are 2 in
number: i8t. Because the excess of the perigean diameter of the Sun over the ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing, a by John Gummere (1837)
"... distance of the moon to the perigean distance, and consequently the eccentricity
of the orbit is increased by the action of the sun. ..."
6. A Handbook of Descriptive Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1877)
"... duration of an annular eclipse exceeds that of a total one. They are 2 in
number : iBt. Because the excess of the perigean diameter of the Sun over the ..."
7. Descriptive Astronomy by George Frederick Chambers (1867)
"Because the excess of the perigean diameter of the Sun over the ... 3' 13") is
greater than the excess of the perigean diameter of the Moon over the ..."
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