Cislunar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cislunar is an adjective meaning Situated between the Earth and the Moon.
Meaning
Situated between the Earth and the Moon.
More Meanings
- Situated below the orbit of the Moon, or equivalent distance from the Earth.
Example Sentences
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.
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.”
Word Forms
- cis-lunar
Synonyms for cislunar
Depending on context, synonyms include sublunar, sublunary.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sublunary, sublunar, cis-lunar, translunar, circumlunar, translunary.
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