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Definition: PERIGEUM |
PERIGEUMNoun1. That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum. |
Crosswords: PERIGEUM |
| Non-English Usage: "PERIGEUM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (perigee). |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-m-p-r-u" | |
-2 letters: emigre, empire, epimer, guimpe, impure, premie, pugree, regime, umpire. | |
-3 letters: grime, gripe, grume, grump, merge, prime, puree, purge, repeg, rupee. | |
-4 letters: eger, emeu, emir, germ, geum, gimp, gree, grim, grip, grue, grum, mere, mire, mure, peer, peri, perm, pier, pree, prig, prim, pure, puri, rime, ripe, rump, urge. | |
-5 letters: eme, emu, ere, erg, gee. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-m-p-r-u" | |
+4 letters: grumpinesses, premeasuring, prenumbering. | |
+5 letters: prefigurement, primogeniture. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 52 49 47 45 55 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. --. . ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000111 01000101 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E R I G E U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 0052 0049 0047 0045 0055 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5039524341395547 |
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