Periastral
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Moving among or around the stars. archaic, not-comparable
"comets in periastral passage"
- 2 Of or pertaining to the periastron not-comparable
Etymology
From peri- + astral.
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