1. the point in the orbit of the moon, a planet or other object in space when it is nearest the planet, for example the earth, around which it turns Compare : apogee
   Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French pà©rigà©e, via modern Latin from Greek perigeion ‘close round the earth’, from peri- ‘around’ + gÄ“ ‘earth’.

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