Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cislunar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: cis-lu-nar
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated between the Earth and the Moon.

adj

Situated below the orbit of the Moon, or equivalent distance from the Earth.

Example Sentences

"Lt. Gen. Zhang Yulin, a former deputy commander of China’s astronaut program, wrote in The People’s Daily last year that cislunar space — the area between the Earth and moon — would “become another broad field for the expansion of human living space.”"
"The economic viability of commercial operations in cislunar space – meaning the region extending from Earth’s atmosphere to the lunar surface and beyond – might be even more remote."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cisder. English cis- English lunar English cislunar From cis- + lunar.

Inflected Forms

cis-lunar (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

translunar

Synonyms

sublunar sublunary

Questions

What does cislunar mean?: Situated between the Earth and the Moon.
Where does cislunar come from?: Etymology tree Latin cisder. English cis- English lunar English cislunar From cis- + lunar.

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