circumlunar

[ sur-kuh m-loo-ner ]
/ ˌsɜr kəmˈlu nər /

adjective

rotating about or surrounding the moon.

Origin of circumlunar

First recorded in 1905–10; circum- + lunar

Words nearby circumlunar

circumfuse, circumgyration, circumincession, circumjacent, circumlocution, circumlunar, circumnavigate, circumnutate, circumnutation, circumocular, circumpolar

Example sentences from the Web for circumlunar

  • Soon, the thrust would be needed in reverse, for braking action, near the end of the sixty hour journey into a circumlunar orbit.

    The Planet Strappers |Raymond Zinke Gallun

  • The relatively low velocity needed to maintain vehicles in circumlunar orbits, made its danger to such vehicles small.

    The Planet Strappers |Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for circumlunar

circumlunar
/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈluːnə) /

adjective

around or revolving around the moon a circumlunar orbit