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periastral

periastral adjective: moving among or around the stars.

Adjective

periastral (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Moving among or around the stars.
    • comets in periastral passage1872, R. A. Proctor, Essays on Astronomy
  2. Of or pertaining to the periastron

Origin of periastral

From peri- + astral.

Questions about periastral

What does periastral mean?
Periastral means moving among or around the stars.
What part of speech is periastral?
Periastral is an adjective.

Words near periastral in the dictionary

  1. periarteritis
  2. periarthritis
  3. periarticular
  4. periarticularly
  5. periastra
  6. periastral
  7. periastron
  8. periastrons
  9. periatrial
  10. periauger
  11. periaugers

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