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cythero-

cythero- prefix: relating to Venus.

Prefix

cythero-

  1. Relating to Venus
    • Pioneer 12's initial cytherocentric orbit inclied 105 degrees to Venus' equator[…]1979, Solar System Today, volumes 1-3, Bretmain
    • this situation is illustrated in Figure 4, where the pericytherion radius 𝑟𝑝, the apocytherion radius 𝑟𝑎, and the mean radius of Venus 𝑅𝑉 are indicated.2024 September 7, Alessandro A. Quarta, “Venus Magnetotail Long-Term Sensing Using Solar Sails”, in Applied Sciences, volume 14, number 17, page 8016

Origin of cythero-

From Ancient Greek Κυθέρεια (Kuthéreia, “Cytherea”).

Questions about cythero-

What does cythero- mean?
Cythero- means relating to Venus.
What part of speech is cythero-?
Cythero- is a prefix.

Words near cythero- in the dictionary

  1. Cytherean
  2. Cythereans
  3. cytherellid
  4. cytherellids
  5. Cytherian
  6. cythero-
  7. cytherocentric
  8. cytherocopine
  9. cytheroidean
  10. cytheroideans
  11. Cython

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