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selenocentric

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having the moon at the center.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Examples

  • a selenocentric coordinate system
  • a selenocentric orbit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From seleno- + -centric.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَمَرِيّ الْمَرْكَز (qamariyy al-markaz) — having the moon at the center
  • Asturian: selenocéntricu — having the moon at the center
  • Catalan: selenocèntric — having the moon at the center
  • Czech: selenocentrický — having the moon at the center
  • Danish: selenocentrisk — having the moon at the center
  • Dutch: selenocentrisch — having the moon at the center
  • French: sélénocentrique — having the moon at the center
  • Galician: selenocéntrico — having the moon at the center
  • German: selenozentrisch — having the moon at the center
  • Italian: selenocentrico — having the moon at the center
  • Persian: ماهمرکزی (mâh-markazi) — having the moon at the center
  • Polish: selenocentryczny — having the moon at the center
  • Portuguese: selenocêntrico — having the moon at the center
  • Romanian: selenocentric — having the moon at the center
  • Russian: селеноцентри́ческий (selenocentríčeskij) — having the moon at the center
  • Spanish: selenocéntrico — having the moon at the center
  • Swedish: selenocentrisk — having the moon at the center
  • Tajik: моҳмарказӣ (mohmarkazi) — having the moon at the center
  • Turkish: Ay merkezli — having the moon at the center