Definition of moon

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Moon (n.) A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn..

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Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
"""lunary " :: Lunary (n.) The herb moonwort or honesty..
Satellite :: Satellite (n.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar..
Spadefish :: Spadefish (n.) An American market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy..
Irradiant :: Irradiant (a.) Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon..
Sublunary :: Sublunary (a.) Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly..
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..
Moonlight :: Moonlight (n.) The light of the moon.
Moon-eye :: Moon-eye (n.) A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse..
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Moonshine :: Moonshine (a.) Moonlight.
Observation :: Observation (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc..
Moon :: Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..
Full :: Full (v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations..
Moonshiny :: Moonshiny (a.) Moonlight.
Luniform :: Luniform (a.) Resembling the moon in shape.
Moonset :: Moonset (n.) The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets..
Southing :: Southing (n.) The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place..
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
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