Definition of lunar

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Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.

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Semilunar :: Semilunar (n.) The semilunar bone.
Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Sublunary :: Sublunar (a.) Alt. of Sublunar.
Lunarian :: Lunarian (n.) An inhabitant of the moon.
Neomenia :: Neomenia (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
Plenilunary :: Plenilunary (a.) Of or pertaining to the full moon.
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations..
Interlunar :: Interlunar (a.) Alt. of Interlunar.
Superlunary :: Superlunar (a.) Alt. of Superlunar.
Supramaxillae :: Supralunary (a.) Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty..
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
Year :: Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext
Lunary :: Lunary (n.) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.
Lunar :: Lunar (n.) A lunar distance.
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..
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.) Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs..
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..
Translunary :: Translunary (a.) Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary..
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