Definition of lunar

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of lunar is as below...

Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.

Lern More About Lunar

Novilunar :: Novilunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the new moon.
Lunarian :: Lunarian (n.) An inhabitant of the moon.
Semilunary :: Semilunary (a.) Semilunar.
Sublunary :: Sublunar (a.) Alt. of Sublunar.
Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
Proemptosis :: Proemptosis (n.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
Supramaxillae :: Supralunary (a.) Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty..
Interlunary :: Interlunary (a.) Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations..
Embolism :: Embolism (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year..
Tide :: Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied
Lunar :: Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.
Translunary :: Translunary (a.) Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary..
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
Sublunary :: Sublunary (a.) Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly..
Lunary :: Lunary (a.) Lunar.
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.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us