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lunate |
lunate bone |
lunated |
lunatic |
lunatic fringe |
lunation
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lunation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lunation has 1 sense
- lunation(n = noun.time) lunar month, moon, synodic month - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days); Array is a part of lunar year
is a kind of month
CIDE DICTIONARY
lunation, n. [Cf. Lunated.].
The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 291913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lunation, n. the interval between new moons, about 291/2 days.
Etymology
ME f. med.L lunatio (as LUNATIC)
ROGET THESAURUS
lunation
Period
N period, age, era, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation, epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon, century, millennium, annus magnus, horary, hourly, annual.
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