perihelions
Meaning of perihelions
plural noun
- the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.
today Mercury is at perihelion
mid 17th century: alteration of modern Latin perihelium (by substitution of the Greek inflection -on ), from Greek peri- ‘around’ + hēlios ‘sun’.
Information about perihelions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of perihelions is: perihelion.
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Hyphenation of perihelions
per-i-he-lions
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- perihelions is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with perihelions
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