Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

near-earth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: near-earth
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Positioned or occurring close to the Earth.

adj

Of an asteroid or comet, one that nearly intersects that of the Earth.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of near-Earth.

Questions

What does near-earth mean?: Positioned or occurring close to the Earth.

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