'Perigee' definitions:
Definition of 'perigee'
(from WordNet)
noun
Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth [ant: apogee]
Definition of 'Perigee'
From: GCIDE
- Perigee \Per"i*gee\, Perigeum \Per`i*ge"um\, n. [NL. perigeum, fr. Gr. peri` about, near + gh^ the earth: cf. F. p['e]rig['e]e.] (Astron.) That point, in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth, which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth, such as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'perigee'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutment,
- abuttal,
- adjacency,
- adjoiningness,
- aphelion,
- apogee,
- apposition,
- appulse,
- astronomical longitude,
- attitude-control rocket,
- autumnal equinox,
- ballistic capsule,
- burn,
- capsule,
- celestial equator,
- celestial longitude,
- celestial meridian,
- circle,
- colures,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connection,
- conterminousness,
- contiguity,
- coterminousness,
- deep-space ship,
- docking,
- docking maneuver,
- Earth insertion,
- ecliptic,
- equator,
- equinoctial,
- equinoctial circle,
- equinoctial colure,
- equinox,
- ferry rocket,
- fuel ship,
- galactic longitude,
- geocentric longitude,
- geodetic longitude,
- great circle,
- heliocentric longitude,
- injection,
- insertion,
- junction,
- juxtaposition,
- LEM,
- LM,
- longitude,
- lunar excursion module,
- lunar module,
- manned rocket,
- meridian,
- module,
- moon ship,
- multistage rocket,
- orbit,
- parking orbit,
- perihelion,
- period,
- reentry,
- rocket,
- shuttle rocket,
- small circle,
- soft landing,
- solstitial colure,
- space capsule,
- space docking,
- space rocket,
- spacecraft,
- spaceship,
- syzygy,
- trajectory,
- union,
- vernal equinox,
- zodiac,
- zone