Lune definitions

lo͝on
A crescent-shaped portion of a plane or sphere bounded by two arcs of circles.
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A crescent-shaped figure on a plane or spherical surface.
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A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
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Anything crescent-shaped.
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(hawking) A leash for a hawk.
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A leash for a hawk.
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(obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
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Origin of lune

Latin lūna moon leuk- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • It is pleasantly situated at the junction of several small streams forming the river Lune, in a deep valley surrounded by high-lying moors.

  • His request was immediately granted, and thus it came about that Hansen's famous Tables de la Lune were dedicated to La Haute Amiraute de sa Majeste la Reine de la Grande Bretagne et d'Mande.

  • To the north, west and south, a flat coastal belt, bordering the Irish Sea, with its inlets Morecambe Bay and Solway Firth, and broadest in the north, marks off the Lake District, while to the east the valleys of the Eden and the Lune divide it from the Pennine mountain system.

  • moon, lune), and he further took the name Astruc, Don Astruc or En Astruc of Lunel.

  • The principal tributaries on the right are the Aller, Wi mme, Drepte, Lune and Geeste, and on the left the Diemel, Nethe, Emmer, Werra, Aue and Hunte.

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