Lunar
/ˈl(j)uːnə/
The meaning and definition of Lunar, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
adjective
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon); Lunar.
“lunar observations a lunar eclipse”
- Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
noun
- The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
- An observation of a lunar distance, especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.
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Synonyms
lunarlike lunary moonish moonlike moonly selenic
Origin
From Latin lunaris.
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