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Word	Definition
popunoun	Abbreviation of problematic online pornography use.
proper motionnoun	(astronomy) The change in apparent position of a celestial body due to that body's velocity relative to the Sun.
movementnoun	Physical motion between points in space.
angular motionnoun	Motion regarded as measured by the increase of the angle made with some standard direction by a line drawn from the moving object to a fixed point.
retrograde motionnoun	(astronomy) Motion of a body (either real or apparent) in a direction opposite to that of its normal motion, or to that of other similar or related bodies
librationnoun	(astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
aberration of lightnoun	(astronomy) A phenomenon that produces an apparent motion of celestial objects about their true positions, dependent on the velocity of the observer.
transitnoun	The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
aspectnoun	Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
orbitnoun	The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
retrograde	Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
trajectorynoun	The path an object takes as it moves.
diurnal motionnoun	(astronomy) The apparent westward rotation of the celestial sphere, along with the apparent westward revolution of celestial objects, around the celestial poles due to prograde (eastward) rotation of planet Earth relative to the seemingly fixed stars – completed once each sidereal day (about 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds).
midmotionnoun	A point in time during motion.
variationnoun	The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
coursenoun	A sequence of events.
revolutionnoun	(countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
aberrationnoun	The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
radial velocitynoun	Motion of an object toward or away from an observer.
latitudenoun	(figurative) The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.