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APOLUNE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Apoapsis in orbit around the moon
Synonyms:
apolune; aposelene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("apolune" is a kind of...):
apoapsis; point of apoapsis ((astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited)
Antonym:
perilune (periapsis in orbit around the moon)