Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the periastron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Among or around the stars.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Among or around the
stars .
Etymologies
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peri- + astral
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Examples
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It did not then represent a mere periastral rush-past. [
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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