PERICENTER


Meaning of PERICENTER in English

— pericentral, pericentric , adj.

/per"euh sen'teuhr/ , n. Astron.

the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary. Cf. apocenter .

[ 1900-05; PERI- + CENTER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .