Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the perigee; occuring when the moon is in her perigee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the perigee.
- adjective those spring tides which occur soon after the moon passes her perigee.
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- adjective Pertaining to the
perigee .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such an extreme tide is known as a perigean spring tide, the word spring being derived from the German springen - to "spring up," and is not, as is often mistaken, a reference to the spring season.
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Perigean tides: A perigee Moon brings with it extra-high "perigean tides," but this is nothing to worry about, according to NOAA.
Biggest Full Moon Of The Year: Take 2 Oldhead1 2009
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A perigee Moon brings with it extra-high "perigean tides," but this is nothing to worry about, according to NOAA.
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A perigee Moon brings with it extra-high "perigean tides," but this is nothing to worry about, according to NOAA.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jan 2008
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According to NASA and NOAA, although a perigee moon brings with it extra-high "perigean tides," it's nothing to worry about.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Flooding conditions, he said, were also intensified during the storm by a perigean spring tide, when the moon is closest to the Earth and exerts more pull.
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Scientists call these perigean tides, because they occur when the moon is at or near perigee.
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Scientists call these perigean tides, because they occur when the moon is at or near perigee.
Bisaya Bloggers 2009
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Scientists call these perigean tides, because they occur when the moon is at or near perigee.
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Scientists call these perigean tides, because they occur when the moon is at or near perigee.
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