circumsolar

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English

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Etymology

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From circum- +‎ solar.

Adjective

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circumsolar (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding or moving around the Sun
    • 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times[1]:
      According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From circum- +‎ solar.

Adjective

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circumsolar m or n (feminine singular circumsolară, masculine plural circumsolari, feminine and neuter plural circumsolare)

  1. circumsolar

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