circumlunar

[ sur-kuhm-loo-ner ]

adjective
  1. rotating about or surrounding the moon.

Origin of circumlunar

1
First recorded in 1905–10; circum- + lunar

Words Nearby 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 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
  1. around or revolving around the moon: a circumlunar orbit

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