Per′i‐as″tron (?), n.(Astron.) That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.