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Definition of moon

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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..

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Pale :: Pale (v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon..

Shine :: Shine (v. i.) To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night..

Moonet :: Moonet (n.) A little moon.

Emerge :: Emerge (v. i.) To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity..

Moonshiny :: Moonshiny (a.) Moonlight.

Menispermaceous :: Menispermaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated..

Southing :: Southing (n.) The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place..

Terminator :: Terminator (n.) The dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.

Translunary :: Translunary (a.) Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary..

Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus..

Nodical :: Nodical (a.) Of or pertaining to the nodes; from a node to the same node again; as, the nodical revolutions of the moon..

Astrometeorology :: Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather..

Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..

Moon-eye :: Moon-eye (n.) A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a horse..

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases..

Mooned :: Mooned (imp. & p. p.) of Moo.

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..

Moonblink :: Moonblink (n.) A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia..

Moonshine :: Moonshine (n.) A preparation of eggs for food.