Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perigee"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perigee \Per"i*gee\, Perigeum \Per`i*ge"um\, n. [NL. perigeum,
fr. Gr. ? about, near + ? the earth: cf. F. p['e]rig['e]e.]
(Astron.)
That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the
earth; -- opposed to {apogee}. It is sometimes, but rarely,
used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a
planet, etc. Called also {epigee}, {epigeum}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perigee
n : periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a
satellite is nearest to the Earth [ant: {apogee}]
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