periastral

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English

Etymology

From peri- +‎ astral.

Adjective

periastral (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, astronomy) Moving among or around the stars.
    • 1872, R. A. Proctor, Essays on Astronomy:
      comets in periastral passage
  2. Of or pertaining to the periastron

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