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apolune

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ap⋅o⋅lune

  [ap-uh-loon]
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–noun Aerospace.
the point in a lunar orbit that is farthest from the moon.
Compare perilune.

Origin:
1965–70; apo- + -lune < L lūna moon, on the model of apogee, etc.
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a·po·lune   (āp'ə-lōōn')   
n.  The point of an orbit around the moon farthest from the moon's center.

[apo- + Latin lūna, moon; see lune.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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