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sidereal month

the time required for the moon to complete one revolution around the earth with respect to a fixed star: its average value is 27.32 days of mean solar time

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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