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Perigeum
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; - opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Perigeum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/perigeum.html. 1828.