Usually means: Closest orbital point to Sun.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word perihelion:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. perihelion: Merriam-Webster
  2. perihelion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. perihelion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. perihelion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. perihelion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Perihelion, perihelion: Wordnik
  7. perihelion: Wiktionary
  8. perihelion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. perihelion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. perihelion: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. perihelion: Dictionary.com
  12. perihelion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Perihelion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Perihelion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. perihelion: Rhymezone
  16. Perihelion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. perihelion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. perihelion: FreeDictionary.org
  19. perihelion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. perihelion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perihelion: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perihelion: A Word A Day

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Perihelion: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  3. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Mars Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Perihelion: Extragalactic Astronomy
  6. perihelion: Nine Planets Glossary
  7. PERIHELION: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perihelion: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. JPL Terms (No longer online)
  5. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  6. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See perihelia as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (perihelion)

noun:  (astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.
noun:  (figurative) The highest point or state; the peak, zenith.

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