PERIGEE
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 35
(Gr. vi^i, and yvi, the ear/h.) In Astroromy, that point of the moon's orbit which is nearest to the earth. Anciently the term perigee was applied to the orbits of the sun and planets, aj well as the moon, because they were supposed to circulate round the earth. Since the true centre of motion has been discovered, the term perihelion is used to denote the corresponding points. PERIGONIUM. {GT.iriit, \dyi,yo!J.cu,Igrow.) A svnonvm of the word perianth. ' [s. 925]
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