cislunar

[sis-loo-ner]

cis·lu·nar

[sis-loo-ner]
adjective Astronomy.
of or pertaining to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.

Origin:
1865–70; cis- + lunar
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To cislunar

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Cislunar is always a great word to know.
So is apparent magnitude. Does it mean:
the magnitude of a star as it would appear to a hypothetical observer at a distance of 10 parsecs or 32.6 light-years
the magnitude or brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth
Collins
World English Dictionary
cislunar (sɪsˈluːnə)
 
adj
Compare translunar of or relating to the space between the earth and the moon

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source Link To cislunar
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT