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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | The point on an orbit nearest the dynamical center ( focus). The pericenter is at one end of the major axis of the orbital ellipse. (references) |
Geography | Point in the orbit of a satellite or planet which is at a minimum distance from the centre of mass of the primary body. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PERIFOCUS |
| Specialty definitions using "PERIFOCUS": elliptical orbits. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PERIFOCUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | perifocus (periapsis, periastron), periapside (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | perifocus (periapsis, periastron), periastron (periapsis, periastron), periapsis (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | périastre (periapsis, periastron), périapside (periapsis, periastron), apside inférieure (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Perigäum (perigee), Periapside (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | κάτω αψίδα (periapsis, periastron), περιαψίδα (periapsis, periastron), περίαστρο (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | periastro (periapsis, periastron), apside inferiore (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | erifocuspay periastro (periapsis, periastron), periápside (periapsis, periastron), ápside inferior (periapsis, periastron). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: forcipes, precious, prefocus. | |
-2 letters: copiers, croupes, focuser, forceps, piceous, profuse, recoups, refocus, soupier. | |
-3 letters: cerous, copers, copier, copies, corpse, corpus, cosier, coupes, course, cripes, croupe, croups, crouse, cruise, curies, curios, ficoes, forces, fresco, fucose, furies, poiser, poseur, precis, prices, recoup, source, spicer, spruce, uprise, uprose. | |
-4 letters: ceros, cires, coifs, coirs, coper, copes, copse, cores. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: copurifies. | |
+2 letters: cupriferous, prefocusing. | |
+3 letters: prefocussing. | |
+4 letters: fluoroscopies, putrefactions. | |
+5 letters: hyperfunctions, superconfident, superinfection. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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