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Neptunicentric

Neptunicentric adjective: appearing as if seen from the centre of the planet Neptune; relating or referring to Neptune as a centre.

Adjective

Neptunicentric (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Appearing as if seen from the centre of the planet Neptune; relating or referring to Neptune as a centre.
    • The elements are calculated for direct motion; accordingly it will be noticed that the actual Neptunicentric motion of the satellite is retrograde — a circumstance which, except in the case of the Uranian satellites, is without parallel in the solar system as regards either planets or satellites...1889, George Frederick Chambers, A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy

Origin of Neptunicentric

From Neptune + -centric.

Questions about Neptunicentric

What does Neptunicentric mean?
Neptunicentric means appearing as if seen from the centre of the planet Neptune; relating or referring to Neptune as a centre.
What part of speech is Neptunicentric?
Neptunicentric is an adjective.

Words near Neptunicentric in the dictionary

  1. neptunian
  2. Neptunian planet
  3. Neptunian planets
  4. neptunians
  5. neptunic
  6. Neptunicentric
  7. neptunism
  8. Neptunist
  9. Neptunists
  10. neptunite
  11. neptunites

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