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..

Lern More About Moon

Moonstruck :: Moonstruck (a.) Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.
Libration Point :: Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body..
Moony :: Moony (a.) Silly; weakly sentimental.
Perigeum :: Perigeum (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum..
Corona :: Corona (n.) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon..
Moon-eye :: Moon-eye (n.) Any species of American fresh-water fishes of the genus Hyodon, esp. H. tergisus of the Great Lakes and adjacent waters..
Irradiant :: Irradiant (a.) Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon..
Novilunar :: Novilunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the new moon.
Mooned :: Mooned (a.) Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
Luniform :: Luniform (a.) Resembling the moon in shape.
Adularia :: Adularia (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants..
Obscuration :: Obscuration (v. t.) The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse..
Lunitidal :: Lunitidal (a.) Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.
Moony :: Moony (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon.
Honeymoon :: Honeymoon (n.) The first month after marriage.
Astrophotography :: Astrophotography (n.) The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars..
Waniand :: Waniand (n.) The wane of the moon.
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