Lunar

['luːnə] or ['lunɚ]

Definition

(adj.) of or relating to or associated with the moon; 'lunar surface'; 'lunar module' .

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Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.

(a.) Resembling the moon; orbed.

(a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month.

(a.) Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs.

(n.) A lunar distance.

(n.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.

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Definition

adj. belonging to the moon: measured by the revolutions of the moon: caused by the moon: like the moon—also Lū′nary.—ns. Lū′nacy a kind of madness formerly supposed to be affected by the moon: insanity; Lunā′rian Lū′narist a student of lunar phenomena; Lū′nary the moonwort fern.—adjs. Lū′nāte -d formed like a half-moon: crescent-shaped; Lū′natic affected with lunacy.—n. a person so affected: a madman (De lunatico inquirendo the title of the writ or commission for inquiry into the mental state of an alleged lunatic).—n. Lunā′tion the time between two revolutions of the moon: a lunar month.—adjs. Lū′niform moon-shaped; Lū′nisolar resulting from the united action of the sun and moon: compounded of the revolution of the sun and the moon.—n. Lū′nula a crescent-like appearance esp. the whitish area at the base of the nails.—adjs. Lū′nulate -d (bot.) shaped like a small crescent.—ns. Lū′nule Lū′nulet anything in form like a small crescent; Lū′nulite a small circular fossil coral.—Lunar caustic fused crystals of nitrate of silver applied to ulcers &c.; Lunar cycle=Metonic cycle (q.v.); Lunar month (see Month); Lunar observation an observation of the moon's distance from a star for the purpose of finding the longitude; Lunar rainbow (see Rainbow under Rain); Lunar theory a term employed to denote the a priori deduction of the moon's motions from the principles of gravitation; Lunar year (see Year).

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