translunar
- adjective
- /trænzˈluːnər/
- Specialized
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translunar
- The telescope captured images of a rare translunar comet passing beyond the moon's orbit.
Examples
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Her science fiction novel is set on a distant translunar outpost far from Earth.
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Scientists are studying the possibility of launching a translunar mission in the next decade.
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The spacecraft was designed for translunar missions.
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Astronomers study translunar space to understand cosmic phenomena.
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The spacecraft was designed for translunar missions to explore distant regions of space.
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Her science fiction novel features a colony located on a translunar base near the moon.
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Astronomers have observed many celestial bodies within translunar space to expand our understanding of the universe.
Synonyms
Things that exist beyond the moon and seem strange
Like something from a world beyond the moon and ordinary life
Beyond the moon and ordinary life, like something from another world
Antonyms
How Far
- Specialized
50
7.2
18
6.8
- Specialized
101
3.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
17
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word translunar comes from the prefix trans- meaning 'across' or 'beyond', the same trans- as in transport, and lunar meaning 'moon', so it literally means 'beyond the moon' and is used for places, missions, or events that are past the moon's orbit.