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- noun Plural form of
perigee .
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Examples
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The apogees reach extremes that the populace eventually rejects, but the perigees map a trend line of rational societal evolution.
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This distorted their orbits, driving their perigees lower where atmospheric drag soon took its toll.
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While some believe there's a connection between lunar perigees and global calamities such as tsunamis, extreme seismic activity and volcanic eruptions, others have dismissed such theories as hogwash.
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The occurrences, technically known as "lunar perigees," were previously visible in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005.
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It will go through perigees and apogees several times a year.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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Of course, for poor Spidey there's just as many pitfalls as perigees, and rarely has Spidey had it worse than in "Spider-Man No More!"
ComicList Headlines 2010
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It turns out that there was: these two satellites shared nearly the same altitude range (as defined by their apogees and perigees) for about six years.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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It turns out that there was: these two satellites shared nearly the same altitude range (as defined by their apogees and perigees) for about six years.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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It turns out that there was: these two satellites shared nearly the same altitude range (as defined by their apogees and perigees) for about six years.
ArmsControlWonk 2009
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- Astronomy, pertaining to anomaly. anomalistic month, interval between two perigees of moon. anomalistic year, interval between two perihelion passages of Earth.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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