Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perihermion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-i-hermion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Periapsis around Mercury.

Example Sentences

"The MMO will be in an elliptic orbit around Mercury with the perihermion of 600 km and the aphermion of 11624 km."

Etymology

From peri- + hermeo- + -ion.

Questions

What does perihermion mean?: Periapsis around Mercury.
Where does perihermion come from?: From peri- + hermeo- + -ion.

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