Difference between revisions of "Perihelygangs"

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* '''Perihelion''' - the point in a planets orbit at which it is nearest the sun. "...rings round them..."
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* '''perihelion:''' the point in a planet's orbit when it is closest to the Sun → [[rings round them]]
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** '''peri hēlioi:''' (''Greek'') around the Sun
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* '''gang:''' (''German'') going; motion
  
* ''gangs'' - reminiscent of the bell (gonging) marking the passage of time.
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* '''Tim Healy:''' Irish political figure; opponent of Charles Stewart Parnell
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* '''gongs:''' reminiscent of the sound of a bell gonging to mark the passage of time
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[[Category:Greek phrases]]
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[[Category:German phrases]]

Revision as of 08:03, 9 January 2007

  • perihelion: the point in a planet's orbit when it is closest to the Sun → rings round them
    • peri hēlioi: (Greek) around the Sun
  • gang: (German) going; motion
  • Tim Healy: Irish political figure; opponent of Charles Stewart Parnell
  • gongs: reminiscent of the sound of a bell gonging to mark the passage of time