MEAN DISTANCE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum distances of a celestial body (satellite or secondary star) from its primary

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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("mean distance" is a kind of...):

distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)

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