Definition of lunar

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Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..

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Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations..
Day :: Day (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day
Lunar :: Lunar (n.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium..
Paraselene :: Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..
Ganza :: Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world..
Lunary :: Lunary (n.) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Resembling the moon; orbed.
Lunar :: Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.
Valve :: Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves..
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860..
"""lunary " :: Lunary (n.) The herb moonwort or honesty..
Supramaxillae :: Supralunary (a.) Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty..
Supralunary :: Supralunar (a.) Alt. of Supralunar.
Dial :: Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..
Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Neomenia :: Neomenia (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
Proemptosis :: Proemptosis (n.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty..
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