 | John Rowbotham - 1838 - 404 páginas
...Mount Sinai. — Butterworth's Concordance. Per'-i-gee, s. — irepi (peri), about, or near ; and yri (ge), the earth. That point in the moon's orbit which is nearest to the earth. Pe'-ri-od, s. — irtpioSoQ (periodos), a going round, or a circuit, or from iripi (peri), concerning,... | |
 | H John Rowbotham - 1855 - 128 páginas
...now it is mostly used by way of contempt for a Formerly it signified a leader or a teacher or master; figure consisting of five equal sides and angles....Per'-i-gee, s. - - peri, about, or near, and ge, the earth. school-master, or a pedant. Pen'-ta-gon, s. - - pente, five, and gonia, an angle. A That point in the... | |
 | 1880 - 844 páginas
...erected by public subscription in the cemetery of Penj-ln-Chame. PE'RIGEE (Gr. Í»«M', near ; f/e, earth), that point in the moon's orbit which is nearest, to the earth. Tbc opposite point, if the Apogee (q- v.). See Moon. PÉRIGUEUX, a town of France, capital of the department,... | |
 | Theodore Graham Gribble - 1891 - 482 páginas
...that point in the orbit of a comet or planet which is farthest from the sun. Apogee (Greek apo, from, and ge, the earth), that point in the moon's orbit which is farthest from the earth. Apparent (Latin ad, to, and parere, to appear), that which is opposite to... | |
 | Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams - 1922 - 922 páginas
...a special one of the Cymbalum in 1874. PERIGEE, pèr'Ijë (from Gk. irepl, peri, around + yrj, gc, earth ) . That point in the moon's orbit which is nearest to the earth. The opposite point is the apogee (qv). See MOON. PÉRIGORD, pâ'rê'gOr'. A former county of France,... | |
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Per'-i-gee, s. - - peri, about, or near, and ge, the earth. That point in the moon's orbit which is nearest to the earth. 