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aphelion

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aphelion has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

aphelionn. [Gr. + sun.].
     That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aphelion, (pl. aphelia) the point in a body's orbit where it is furthest from the sun (opp. PERIHELION).

Usage
Symb.: Q.
Etymology
Graecized f. mod.L aphelium f. Gk aph' heliou from the sun

ROGET THESAURUS

aphelion

Distance

N distance, space, remoteness, farness, far- cry to, longinquity, elongation, offing, background, remote region, removedness, parallax, reach, span, stride, outpost, outskirt, horizon, aphelion, foreign parts, ultima Thule, ne plus ultra, antipodes, long range, giant's stride, dispersion, length, cosmic distance, light-years, distant, far off, far away, remote, telescopic, distal, wide of, stretching to, yon, yonder, ulterior, transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine, tramontane, ultramontane, ultramundane, hyperborean, antipodean, inaccessible, out of the way, unapproached, unapproachable, incontiguous, far off, far away, afar, afar off, off, away, a long way off, a great way off, a good way off, wide away, aloof, wide of, clear of, out of the way, out of reach, abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond, outre mer, over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away, from pole to pole, to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth, out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark, a far cry to, apart, asunder, wide apart, wide asunder, longo intervallo, at arm's length, distance lends enchantment, it's a long long way to Tipperary, out of sight, out of mind.

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