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Topic Options #97438 - 03/02/03 05:25 PM apastron Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6690 Loc: Vermont here's a word that didn't show up at m-w, but I found this on info-please: ap•as•tron Pronunciation: (u-pas'trun, -tron), —n., —pl. -traPronunciation: (-tru). Astron. the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron). I picked up the word from this site: http://www.fourmilab.ch/gravitation/orbits/ pretty interesting stuff! Top #97439 - 03/02/03 05:58 PM Re: apastron wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear etaoin: Complex, but fascinating. Amazing that such a system can be so stable. I can't pretend that I fully comprehended it, but it was fun trying. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12812 Topics 189753 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (zmjezhd), 27 Guests and 28 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12533 Jackie 10393 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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