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lunar Definition

lu·nar (lo̵̅o̅′nər)

adjective

  1. of or on the moon
  2. like the moon; specif.,
    1. pale; pallid
    2. round or crescent-shaped
  3. measured by the moon's revolutions a lunar year
  4. Rare of or containing silver

Etymology: L lunaris < luna, the moon: see light

lunar Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • eclipse: Today's lunar eclipse could coincide with benefits coming your way.
  • standstill: For example, say, the rising point of the major lunar standstill.
  • lander: The second is a fairly rare Glencoe Models kit, a speculative 1950s design for a lunar lander.
  • calendar: Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
  • orbit: European spacecraft Smart 1 entered the lunar orbit in November 2004. , with X-ray mapping of the Moon.
  • crater: Now known as Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt 1949 Ralph Baldwin explains lunar craters as being of impact origin.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: Very few birds ( although including Gray's Lark ) but some memorable, almost lunar, scenery.
lunar Quotes

Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations Its divisions and precisions.

—Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)