"Perigeum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... were not as other men: 'T was ours to soar and his to see. But we are coming down again, And we shall come down pleasantly; Nor shall we longer disagree On what it is to be sublime, But flourish in our perigee And have ...
— The Little Book of Modern Verse • Jessie B. Rittenhouse
... the earth, but an ellipse, of which our earth occupies one of the foci; the consequence is, therefore, that at certain times it approaches nearer to, and at others recedes farther from, the earth, or, in astronomical language, it has its apogee and its perigee. At its apogee the moon is at 247,552 miles from the earth, and at its perigee at 218,657 miles only, which makes a difference of 28,895, or more than a ninth of the distance. The perigee distance is, therefore, the one that should give us ...
— The Moon-Voyage • Jules Verne
... perfido, perfideco. Perforate trabori, trapiki. Perform (to do) efektivigi, fari. Perform (fulfil) plenumi. Performer faranto. Perfume parfumi. Perfume parfumo, odoro. Perfumer parfumisto. Perfumery (manufactory) parfumfarado. Perhaps eble. Perigee perigeo. Peril dangxero. Perimeter perimetro, cxirkauxmetro. Period periodo. Periodic—al perioda. Periodicity periodeco. Periphrase cxirkauxfrazo. Periphery cxirkauxo, periferio. Perish perei. Perishable pereema. Peristyle peristilo. Peritoneum ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes |
