circumlunar
[ sur-kuhm-loo-ner ]
adjective
rotating about or surrounding the moon.
Origin of circumlunar
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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 moon: a circumlunar orbit
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